Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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Perils of Promise: The Operation and Evolution of Justifications of Power in Ancient China from the Neolithic Period to the Zhou Dynasty
Published 2024-02-15In contemporary China, post-1979, ‘performance legitimacy’ is used to support one-party rule, emphasising effective governance and successful societal outcomes. While many believe the concept is modern, it is rather deeply ...Open AccessThesis -
Did marginal propensities to consume change with the housing boom and bust?
Published 2024We extend a widely used semi-structural model to identify and estimate dynamic consumption elasticities with respect to transitory income shocks. Applying our model to household survey data, we find a structural break in ...Article -
Locked Up & Locked Out: Incarceration & Children's Interests
Published 2024-02-01In this thesis I question the justifiability of the current practice of juvenile incarceration. I argue that children have rights borne out of both extrinsic and intrinsic interests. I suggest that the detained child's ...Open AccessThesis -
Disobedient Discourse: Mill, ContraPoints, and the Limits of Free Speech Norms
Published 2024-02-02In this paper, I explore contemporary disagreement regarding protests against speakers deemed regressive or bigoted by progressive activists. I do so by examining the rationale, scope, and operation of free speech norms ...Open AccessThesis -
Eco-anxiety and environmental history: a forum
Published 2024-02-01Environmental historians, like others who study and write about the environment, have long worked with the emotional and psychological impacts of environmental change, including grief, anxiety, rage, and despair. But the ...Open AccessArticle