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The identity of human social groups
In: Behavioral science, Band 26, Heft 2, S. 114-129
The Persistence of Social Groups. III
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 35-50
ISSN: 1537-5390
The Persistence of Social Groups. II
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 3, Heft 6, S. 829-836
ISSN: 1537-5390
Ottoman Structure, Social Groups, and Westernization
In: Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire, S. 20-43
Book Review: Social Groups in Polish Society
In: Sociology: the journal of the British Sociological Association, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 155-157
ISSN: 1469-8684
Stochastic evolution of a nonlinear model of diffusion of information*
In: The journal of mathematical sociology, Band 7, Heft 1, S. 59-71
ISSN: 1545-5874
Land and Asset Inequality Among Social Groups
In: Social change, Band 53, Heft 1, S. 51-74
ISSN: 0976-3538
This article attempts to examine the changing distributional structure of land among various social groups at the micro-level and its implications on inequality among various social group households. Our research focusses on a case study—Gudivada village located in Nalgonda district in Telangana to understand the changes that have taken place in the landholding pattern and ensuing inequality among social groups in the studied time. The social groups have been categorised as Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Other Castes (OCs), respectively. The study found that there is a prevalence of inequality in the distribution of land among social groups which later has decreased. The landholding patten in the village has changed from being dominated by OCs to now OBCs, increasing their landholding. However, no significant growth was seen in the area owned by SCs and STs over the same period. Similarly, the decomposition of asset inequality in the studied village revealed a clear distinction between within and between social groups, that is inequality based on the assets possession is higher of within social groups (assessing inequality among the population within a particular social groups such as SCs, STs, OBCs or OCs) compared to between social groups (assessing inequality among the population between social groups such as between SCs and STs or between OBCs and OCs and so on).
The role of social groups in political thinking
In: British journal of political science, Band 18, S. 51-76
ISSN: 0007-1234
Illustrated with an analysis that focuses on women's issues; uses data from the 1984 Pilot Study for the National Election Study; based on conference paper.
Social Groups and the Effectiveness of Protests
In: CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14385
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The Role of Social Groups in Political Thinking
In: British journal of political science, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 51-76
ISSN: 1469-2112
This article outlines a cognitive-affective model of the role of social groups in political thinking. The model is based on the assumptions that people have stored information and emotional reactions to social groups, and that people are purposive in their thinking about social groups in the sense that they are interested in understanding what various groups have obtained and whether it is deserved. The process through which social groups influence political thinking varies significantly depending upon whether an individual identifies with the group in question. Generally, people are more inclined to feel sympathetic towards the groups to which they belong. These ideas are illustrated with an empirical analysis that focuses on women's issues and makes use of data collected in the 1984 National Election Study Pilot Study.
Relational Warm Glow and Giving in Social Groups
In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4879
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Reframing Polarization: Social Groups and "Culture Wars"
In: PS: political science & politics, Band 47, Heft 2, S. 432-442
ISSN: 1537-5935
ABSTRACTRecent analyses of American politics often invoke the term "culture war" depicting sharp and increasing divisions within the American polity. Most of this research defines culture in terms of values and beliefs about social issues and defines polarization in terms of partisan and issue divisions. I evaluate the claim of worsening "culture wars" by using a conceptualization of political culture that focuses on social groups and measuring polarization as both social group members' attitudes toward their own social in-groups and out-groups, and the effects of group attitudes on partisanship. Analyzing inter-group attitudes from 1964 to 2012 for social group cleavages defined by race, class, age, sex, and religion shows that polarization in attitudes toward social groups is minimal and generally stable, and most group members feel positively toward out-groups. Partisan and issue polarization seen in prior research do not extend to deep or increasing inter-group hostility that could reinforce issue-based and partisan polarization.
Relational warm glow and giving in social groups
In: CESifo working paper series 4879
In: Behavioural economics
We study charitable giving within social groups. Exploiting a unique dataset, we establish three key relationships between social group size and fundraising outcomes: (i) a positive relationship between group size and the total number of donations; (ii) a negative relationship between group size and the amount given by each donor; (iii) no relationship between group size and the total amount raised by the fundraiser. We rule out classic free-riding to explain these relationships since the number of social group members is only a subset of total contributors. Instead, the findings are consistent with the notion that giving in social groups is motivated by "relational" warm glow.