Political Science

A new article analyzes Chile’s transition in 1990 from dictatorship to democracy, the nature of democracy between 1990 and 2019, and the appearance of several social movements geared to expanding this democracy. The article, by […]

Ethiopia, Nigeria, Colombia, Myanmar and Syria are just a handful of the places around the world currently engaged in ongoing civil wars. Even when peace agreements can be negotiated to end civil wars, maintaining stability […]

UK and European policymakers operating in West Africa should focus on the opportunities that young people and migration create for the region instead of simply trying to stop migrants traveling to Europe, a new study […]

Those who deactivated their Facebook profiles report a lower regard for other ethnic groups, and this effect was more prevalent among people living in more ethnically homogenous areas, shows a new study of users in […]

Humans often cooperate, but ample research has shown that they’re conditionally cooperative; that is, they are far more likely to cooperate with those who they consider “good.”This post was originally published on this site

A team of researchers from Harvard University and Boston University has found evidence showing that white boys who grew up with Black neighbors are more likely to be registered as Democrats as adults. In their […]

An international panel is offering a suite of recommendations to prevent the next pandemic—including a new global body of heads of state—but the effort’s leaders said more urgent than any single item is concerted international […]

Fraud is going uninvestigated by police who are “hiding behind the veil” of the Action Fraud national crime reporting agency.This post was originally published on this site

Poor individuals are more affected by the local community than others. They rely more on their local networks and show higher levels of solidarity with their neighbors. If voting is the social norm in the […]

If your idea of conspiracy theories entails aliens, UFOs, governmental cover-ups at Roswell Air Force Base, and the melody of The X-Files—you’re not alone. That was, indeed, the classic notion, says Scott Tyson, an assistant […]