The deep roots of rebellion

The Deep Roots of Rebellion: Evidence from the Irish Revolution

This paper studies how cultural norms shaped by negative historical shocks can explain conflicts in the long-run. Exploiting a unique dataset constructed from historical archives, we test whether the Irish Famine (1845-1850), one of the most lethal starvation in history, changed political attitudes and contributed to the Irish Revolution (1913-1921). First, we investigate the determinants of jo...

The Green Roots of Red Rebellion:

Nepal has been suffering from the worst crisis of its history since 12 February 1996. Since the onset of Maoist insurgency -(the Maoists call it ‘People’s War’)more than 7000 people -including state forces, insurgents and innocent civilians -have lost their lives and many thousands are internally displaced in violent conflicts in the country. The conflict was initiated from socially and economi...

The Deep Archaeal Roots of Eukaryotes

The set of conserved eukaryotic protein-coding genes includes distinct subsets one of which appears to be most closely related to and, by inference, derived from archaea, whereas another one appears to be of bacterial, possibly, endosymbiotic origin. The "archaeal" genes of eukaryotes, primarily, encode components of information-processing systems, whereas the "bacterial" genes are predominantl...

Deep roots and soil structure

There is convincing evidence for the benefits of deep rooting, especially in relation to drought resistance (Lopes & Reynolds, 2010; Uga et al., 2013). Modelling has shown that greater root depth allows increased water uptake and higher yields (Lilley & Kirkegaard, 2011). Deep rooting is thought to be improved by combinations of traits that confer steeper growth and an ability to penetrate stro...

Points of Rebellion