The 2014 crisis in Iraq: Research perspectives and background
2014 review of scholarship that helps provide perspective on the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Syria, including the rise of the jihadist Sunni group al-Sham.
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Trends in top incomes and their taxation in OECD countries
2014 paper in OECD Social, Employment, and Migration Working Papers on the rise of top earners among wealthy, developed countries.
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Why we kill: Reviewing the political science research on the roots of violence
2014 paper from Dartmouth College on the evolving research understanding of political violence and a review of key intellectual trends.
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Public views and misperceptions relating to organic food: Terminology and understanding
2014 study published in International Food and Agribusiness Journal Review on U.S. and Canadian consumers’ perceptions of the terms “organic” and “local.”
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Harvard’s Tom Patterson on knowledge-based journalism: Video research chat
Recent interviews with Journalist’s Resource research director Thomas Patterson. Patterson is author of the forthcoming book Informing the News: The Need for Knowledge-based Journalism.
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A “majority-minority” America, and perceived status threat by white citizens
2014 study in Psychological Science on the potential social and political responses of white Americans to future demographic shifts.
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Jim Crow and premature mortality among African-Americans
2014 study in Epidemiology examining the effects of the state- and county-level racial segregation laws known as Jim Crow on the overall health in the U.S. black population.
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Changing work and work-family conflict: A randomized control trial
2014 study in the American Sociological Review looks at the effects of a program that shifts control over the work schedule from managers to employees.
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Who gets a press pass? Media credentialing practices in the United States
2014 study from Harvard’s Berkman Center and Shorenstein Center examining patterns of media credentialing and denials of press passes across the United States.
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Economic growth and developing world cities: The benefits of urban clustering
2014 study from the University of Pennsylvania showing how urbanization can foster economic growth in the developing and developed world.
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