Abstract This study contributes to the research on central–local relations in China by examining local dynamics and defiance. Drawing case of a provincial government's defiance against central policy – Heilongjiang province's 2016 ban genetically modified organisms (GMOs) this shows that despite unprecedented recentralization push recent years, still exists persists. In addition, finds governme...

The governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic include concerns for both public health and formal social control. Government leaders asked help mitigate spread of virus by adopting various protective behaviors. Our purpose was evaluate explain defiance mitigation strategies, drawing from expanded model deterrence protection motivation theory. A national sample 600 American adults were surv...

‘We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies’.(1) These famous lines from Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address serve as a stark point of contrast in the introduction of Damn Yankees! Demonization and Defiance in the Confederate South. For whilst Lincoln implored the nation to avoid violent confrontation, the war of words had already begun. As George C. Rable vividly demonstrate...

The implementation of decisions affecting cell viability and proliferation is based on prompt detection of the issue to be addressed, formulation and transmission of a correct set of instructions and fidelity in the execution of orders. While the first and the last are purely mechanical processes relying on the faithful functioning of single proteins or macromolecular complexes (sensors and eff...