In order to understand the nexus between inequalities, conflict and change in contemporary China, social inequalities should be seen broadly (i.e. include both hierarchy and exclusion), and perceived from social actors’ perspective: as those aspects of social hierarchy and division/exclusion which are problematic because they violate the popular sense of justice. This is in line with the theore...

Introduction Abundant evidence has proved the association between Dark Triad and bullying. However, underlying mechanisms of this relationship are still not fully understood. Based on temporal need-threat model, three studies were designed to explore mediating role social exclusion sense control in research. Methods In study 1 we recruited 571 Chinese adolescents ( M age = 14.53, SD 0.716) part...

This chapter examines recent social policy research on social exclusion, exploring the way in which the term has been conceptualized and defi ned. It discusses research on the multidimensional measurement of social exclusion, on the process of social exclusion, and on the use of social indicators to monitor trends in social exclusion across countries over time. The empirical research that has c...

This paper considers how identity, a person’s sense of self, affects economic outcomes. We incorporate the psychology and sociology of identity into an economic model of behavior. In the utility function we propose, identity is associated with different social categories and how people in these categories should behave. We then construct a simple game-theoretic model showing how identity can af...