Abstract Marriage markets in rural Nigeria are characterised by bride price and polygamy. These customs may diminish marriage prospects for young men, causing them to join militant groups. Using an instrumental variables strategy, I find that inequality increases civil conflict the Boko Haram insurgency. To generate exogenous shocks market, exploit fact women delay response favourable pre-marit...

One aspect of opinion change that has been of academic interest is the impact of people with extreme opinions (extremists) on opinion dynamics. Amblard and Deffuant (2004) used an agent-based model to study the role of small-world social network topologies on general opinion change in the presence of extremists. They found that opinion convergence to a single extreme occurs only when the averag...

There has been a lack of research examining how right-wing extremist groups justify their key claims online to reach broader audience. This question is even more worrisome when considering Canadian context, given Canada’s state policies on multiculturalism and intolerance hateful rhetoric. My draws the gaps within literature extremism, spaces, justification discourse by conducting content analy...