Ten years after the onset of the Arab Spring, the Middle East and North Africa are torn between two visions of progress: a democratic one…
Research on the global growth of digital identification programs has been largely silent on the implications for children and on birth…
How do expressions of support or opposition by the U.S. federal government, influence violent hate crimes against specific racial and…
What are the social and political consequences of poor state governance and low state legitimacy? Under what conditions does lynching –…
Municipal solid waste generation is a rapidly increasing challenge that is leading to severe pollution and environmental degradation in…
Social network approaches have much to offer for the study of African politics. This research note explores the tensions and benefits of…
War is an inherently social process, from the mobilization of new, armed organizations, to the relational aftershocks of violence affecting…
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In this paper I sketch key episodes in the two thousand year history of interactions between society and environment that have shaped the…