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The Interaction of Structural Factors and Diffusion in Social Unrest: Evidence from the Swing Riots
Abstract: Studies of the causes of social unrest typically focus on structural factors or diffusion. This article demonstrates the importance of considering their interaction and reveals a complex interplay between the two. This interaction is exa...
Publication · December 04, 2025
Gentrification and Social Unrest: The Blitz, Urban Change and the 2011 London Riots
Abstract: Many of the world’s major cities have recently seen large episodes of social unrest. What is the relationship between the changes these cities have experienced, particularly in the form of gentrification, and urban riots? We address this...
Publication · December 04, 2025
How Urban Riots Influence Political Behavior: Vote Choices after the 2011 London Riots
Abstract: What are the electoral consequences of urban riots? We argue that riots highlight the economic and social problems suffered by those who participate, inducing potential electoral allies to mobilize. These allies can then punish local inc...
Publication · December 04, 2025
The role of focal leaders in collective leadership behavior: A historiometric analysis of socialized and personalized leaders
Publication · December 04, 2025
Can Democratic Reforms Promote Political Activism? Evidence from the Great Reform Act of 1832
Abstract: Activists play a key role in the process of democratic transition and consolidation. How is their activism affected by democratic reforms? We study how local activism in England and Wales responded to the changes in representation introd...
Publication · December 04, 2025
Why security agents follow orders: hierarchical organization and the repression of protest
Project · December 04, 2025
Temples and tablets: how religious organizations led the first information technology revolution
Giacomo Benati, Federica Carugati, Gabriel Leon-Ablan
Abstract: The invention of writing was a major technological breakthrough, yet its adoption was highly uneven across the Ancient World. Using regression analysis on a new dataset of 219 arch...
Project · December 04, 2025
Slave revolts and emancipation: evidence from the British empire
Gabriel Leon-Ablan
Abstract: The abolition of slavery in the British empire is usually attributed to the actions of the abolitionist movement. The part played by enslaved people is often ignored. This article shows that slave revolts in the Ca...
Project · December 04, 2025
Us vs. them: moral, cognitive and affective language in group identity tweets
Publication · December 04, 2025
Creative process engagement for regulating integral and incidental anger
Publication · December 04, 2025
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