Do Commercial Debt-for-Nature Swaps Matter for Forests? A Cross-National Test of World Polity Theory1

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Shandra ◽  
Michael Restivo ◽  
Eric Shircliff ◽  
Bruce London
Keyword(s):  
World Polity ◽  
National Test ◽  
Cross National

Structured Inequality, Conflict, and Control: A Cross-National Test of the Threat Hypothesis

Social Forces ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 414-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. R. Williams ◽  
M. Timberlake
Keyword(s):  
National Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Cross National

Institutional heterogeneity in globalization: Co-development of western-allopathic medicine and traditional-alternative medicine

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 769-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Mahn Shim ◽  
Gerard Bodeker ◽  
Gemma Burford
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Institutional Arrangement ◽  
Allopathic Medicine ◽  
World Polity ◽  
Mortality Burden ◽  
The World ◽  
Institutional Aspect ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
Cross National

Are globalized social interactions accompanied by homogeneous or heterogeneous institutions? Which social factors are at work in each case? As an investigation of this cultural-institutional aspect of globalization, this article reflects on relationships between traditional-alternative medicine (TAM) and western-allopathic medicine (WAM) through a quantitative cross-national analysis. First, it is found that the global scene of medical institutional developments is characterized by institutional heterogeneity in which locally diverse TAMs develop simultaneously with WAM. This co-development relationship supports the heterogeneity thesis over the homogeneity thesis regarding the global character of national institutional developments. Second, this heterogeneous institutional arrangement is found to be stronger with a rising mortality burden. Third, this medical institutional heterogeneity is yet open to an antithetical development toward homogenization, depending on the extent to which the world polity pressure for WAM develops. However, the authors suggest a qualification of any notion of the unconditional significance of the world polity’s homogenizing force.

scholarly journals Are Cultural and Economic Conservatism Positively Correlated? A Large-Scale Cross-National Test

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 1045-1069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariel Malka ◽  
Yphtach Lelkes ◽  
Christopher J. Soto
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The West ◽  
Economic Attitudes ◽  
The World ◽  
Mass Publics ◽  
The Right ◽  
National Test ◽  
Cross National

The right–left dimension is ubiquitous in politics, but prior perspectives provide conflicting accounts of whether cultural and economic attitudes are typically aligned on this dimension within mass publics around the world. Using survey data from ninety-nine nations, this study finds not only that right–left attitude organization is uncommon, but that it is more common for culturally and economically right-wing attitudes to correlate negatively with each other, an attitude structure reflecting a contrast between desires for cultural and economic protection vs. freedom. This article examines where, among whom and why protection–freedom attitude organization outweighs right–left attitude organization, and discusses the implications for the psychological bases of ideology, quality of democratic representation and the rise of extreme right politics in the West.

scholarly journals The Psychology of Online Political Hostility: A Comprehensive, Cross-National Test of the Mismatch Hypothesis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER BOR ◽  
MICHAEL BANG PETERSEN
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Test ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Selection Effects ◽  
Behavioral Experiments ◽  
Human Psychology ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
National Surveys ◽  
National Test ◽  
Mismatch Hypothesis ◽  
Cross National

Why are online discussions about politics more hostile than offline discussions? A popular answer argues that human psychology is tailored for face-to-face interaction and people’s behavior therefore changes for the worse in impersonal online discussions. We provide a theoretical formalization and empirical test of this explanation: the mismatch hypothesis. We argue that mismatches between human psychology and novel features of online environments could (a) change people’s behavior, (b) create adverse selection effects, and (c) bias people’s perceptions. Across eight studies, leveraging cross-national surveys and behavioral experiments (total N = 8,434), we test the mismatch hypothesis but only find evidence for limited selection effects. Instead, hostile political discussions are the result of status-driven individuals who are drawn to politics and are equally hostile both online and offline. Finally, we offer initial evidence that online discussions feel more hostile, in part, because the behavior of such individuals is more visible online than offline.

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