Civil Action and the Dynamics of Violence
Many view civil wars as violent contests between armed combatants.
Research
Economic Rights of the Informal Self-Employed: Three Urban Cases
The status of economic liberties remains a serious lacuna in the theory and practice of human rights. Should a minimally just society protect the freedoms to sell, save, profit and invest?
The Physics of Dissent and the Effects of Movement Momentum
How do ‘people power’ movements succeed when modest proportions of the population participate? Here we propose that the effects of social movements increase as they gain momentum.
Participatory Budgeting: A Powerful Civic Education Tool
In expanding its program that lets residents vote on public spending, New York City is enlivening democracy and engaging the electorate.
Silver or Lead? Why Violence and Corruption Limit Women’s Representation
Monitors report that many elections around the world are flawed by problems of corruption and violence – sometimes both.
Macroeconomic Effects of Debt Relief: Consumer Bankruptcy Protections in the Great Recession
This paper argues that the debt forgiveness provided by the U.S. consumer bankruptcy system helped stabilize employment levels during the Great Recession.
Realizing Rights for Homeworkers: An Analysis of Governance Mechanisms
Following the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, the labour rights violations in global supply chains, and indeed the governance of global supply chains, has become a pressing global issue.
Data and the Human Side of Criminal Justice
As a project in Long Beach demonstrates, treating people as individuals rather than as statistics can yield big benefits.
The Future is a Moving Target: Predicting Political Instability
Previous research by Goldstone et al. (2010) generated a highly accurate predictive model of state-level political instability.
Open Data in North America, Australia and New Zealand
As a publication, The State of Open Data will address the development of the open data movement over the past 10 years from a multitude of perspectives.
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