This paper tests the validity of the claim that inequality leads to political instability, as well as several other hypotheses about the tolerance for inequality. Using data from the Social Conflict in Africa Database, I examine macro-level implications of micro-level theories about grievances and collective action, complementing earlier research on the individual-level correlates of protest pa...

The Assimilation of Problematic Experiences Scale (APES) and the Innovative Moments Coding System were applied to transcripts of a successful case of linguistic therapy of evaluation independently by different research groups. Assimilation theory and research suggest that higher APES scores reflect therapeutic gains, with a level of approximately 4.0 separating good from poor outcome cases. The...

This paper focuses on increasing the validity of biodiversity valuation. A group deliberation technique (Deliberative Monetary Valuation) is supplemented by a contingent valuation (CV) survey. An exceptionally large number of focus groups provided basis for applying a relatively unproven methodology and comparing the results with CV. We present evidence that our interpretation of DMV tackles so...