Can food prices cause social unrest? Throughout history, riots have frequently broken out, ostensibly as a consequence of high food prices. Using monthly data at the international level, this paper studies the impact of food prices – both food price levels volatility – on social unrest. Because food prices and social unrest are jointly determined, data on natural disasters are used to identify ...

Social unrest in China Table 1 Incidents of Social Unrest in China 1993 8,70

events) are common occurrences in both democracies and in authoritarian regimes. Although we typically associate civil unrest with disruptions and instability, social scientists believe that civil unrest reflects the democratic process by which citizens communicate their views and preferences to those in authority. The advent of social media has afforded the citizenry new mechanisms for organiz...

UNLABELLED First time mothers faced with a continuously crying infant, who do not know how to stop their child from crying, are at risk of developing anxiety and other types of Emotional Unrest. Because continuous Emotional Unrest may lead to an emotional crisis, it is important for healthcare providers to understand causal factors associated with Emotional Unrest among first time mothers faced...

Civil unrest is a powerful form of collective human dynamics, which has led to major transitions of societies in modern history. The study of collective human dynamics, including collective aggression, has been the focus of much discussion in the context of modeling and identification of universal patterns of behavior. In contrast, the possibility that civil unrest activities, across countries ...

Social platforms like Twitter play an important role for people to participate in social events. Utilizing big social media data to uncover peoples reaction to social protests can shed lights on understanding the event progress and the attitudes of normal people. In this study, we aim to explore the use of Twitter during protests using Ferguson unrest as an example from multiple perspectives of...

It stands to reason that social unrest does not erupt out of the blue. Although there are a great many reasons why social dismay might descend into social disorder, only few yardsticks or indices can plausibly be used to gauge the potential for social unrest (PSU). If policy makers want to undertake public action to prevent social dismay escalating into social disruption, they obviously need to...