Muslim Integration into Western Cultures: Between Origins and Destinations
To what extent do migrants carry their culture with them, and to what extent do they acquire the culture of their new home?
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Book abstract: When first published in 1980, The Declining Significance of Race immediately sparked controversy with its contentious thesis that race was becoming less of a deciding factor in the life
More Women are Needed in Congress
Political strategists say that women are critical to the Democrats’ strategy for retaining control of the Senate.
The Keys to Keeping Boston Free of Riots
Twenty years ago this week, a jury acquitted the Los Angeles policemen who beat motorist Rodney King, and the city exploded in a six-day riot.
Workers of the World Divide
Since the middle of the last century, the American labor movement has been in steady decline. In the early 1950s, around one-third of the United States' total labor force was unionized.
Dueling Incentives: Sexual Violence in Liberia and the Politics of Human Rights Advocacy
In a widely cited study, Collier, Hoeffler & Söderbom show that economic growth reduces the risk of post-conflict peace collapse – particularly when the UN is present with a peace mission.
Urban Employment in India: Recent Trends and Future Prospects
The Persistence of Cultural Diversity Despite Cosmopolitanism
Book abstract: Over the past two decades there has been great interest in cosmopolitanism across the human and social sciences.
The Military’s Persistent Gender Divide
With all the focus on the “war on women,” the issue of war and women isn’t getting its share of attention.
A Community of Abundance
The article presents a speech by development economist Lant Pritchett delivered in the Belmont First Ward in Belmont, Massachusetts on May 8, 2011.
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