Although a number of scholars have examined the determinants of intergroup violence, there is little research on why thousands of ordinary people take part in attacks on other ethnic, religious, sectarian, national, or partisan groups. This paper proposes a two-part emotional theory of participation. First, the theory argues that participants are driven by the emotion of intergroup anger. Anger...

In 2006, Quebec enacted a landmark reform to paid parental leave that greatly improved the generosity of entitlements and established a father’s non-transferable right to paid leave. Using data from the Employment Insurance Coverage Survey and employing a difference-in-differences setup, I find that the reform was associated with a striking rise in fathers participation: an increase of 59 perce...

To sow public doubts about Social Security and other federal old-age programs, one would need to erode their bases of support. This case study describes a year-long editorial campaign by The Kansas City Star that argued repeatedly for retrenchment of federal old-age programs and essentially promoted the policy agenda of the Concord Coalition. Generational inequity was a strong series theme. Rea...

This article considers recent literature on contemporary urbanization in Africa that is united in its 'post-normative' orientation, firmly discarding the 'expectations' of modernization that so deeply shaped twentieth-century research on African cities. Best typified by the work of urban anthropologists such as Abdoumaliq Simone, this scholarship instead focuses on the 'vernacularization' of ur...

A man at my age has two options: either to reminisce about a past of which he was a part, or to dream about a future in which he will not be a part. It is difficult to resist the temptation to talk about the past, and good old days. But I would rather dream about the future, and try to imagine a world where no woman is denied her right to health. Our world of diversity Diversity was the divine ...

In 2002, Austria has reformed its severance pay legislation. In the new system (Abfertigung Neu) individual savings accounts are managed by so-called employee provision funds (“Mitarbeitervorsorgekassen”). The system is funded by employers via a monthly untaxed payment of 1.53 % of gross wages. Accumulated entitlements rest in the employee’s account until retirement, unless the work contract ha...