A variety of sources indicate decision makers use social media, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, to make decisions regarding potential employees. Unfortunately, there is scant academic research on the implications of this practice. To shed light on the relationship between social media and selection, we investigate whether applicants’ political attitudes and individuating information (i.e., job-r...

The results expected from economic policy reform in developing and transition economies-sustained economic growth, poverty reduction and widespread prosperity, democracy and social empowerment-have frequently proved, in practice, to be disturbingly elusive. A handful of countries have restructured their economies and have done so relatively smoothly. Many more have become embroiled in political...

Models of voter choice frequently assume voters behave as independent actors who make decisions in a social vacuum. Recent work has demonstrated that social connections play a formative role in the decision to turnout to vote, to take expressive political action, and in the formation of political identity. Yet, no work has examined how social connections influence voters’ choices in an election...

This article proposes a model of home environment and school climate on the participation of ninth graders based on 1999 Civic Education Study data of students in social actions. This study examined ninth graders’ participation in social actions by means of a questionnaire; the data were analyzed using structural equation modeling methodology. The objective was to design a model, using two exog...

In this lecture I discuss the development of the social divisions in Western Europe and their translation into politics. I successively take up the three aspects embraced by the notion of ‘cleavages’ – their structural base, the political values of the groups involved, and their political articulation. My main argument is that the decline of traditional cleavages does not necessarily signify th...

This paper explores the relationship between violence and displacement during civil war focusing on two different forms of population movements (i.e. incoming and outgoing), and two different forms of violence (i.e. direct and indirect). The paper explores the relationship between displacement and violence at the local level in the context of a civil war fought conventionally using a novel data...

royal fiqh or what has come in these days as political jurisprudence with the inclusion of issues and topics of politics and government also contains topics of social and economic importance particularly those linked to combating poverty and public hunger as well as attention to social justice which scholars of islam paid attention from old days. authors in this way tried to check the system of...

political participation is considered to be one of the major indicators of development. women as a part of the human capitals of every society can play a determinant role in running the country with their political participation. the purpose of the research is to examine some of the factors affecting the rate of political participation of women in the society. research method in the investigati...