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Patriarchal Rents
Patriarchy doesn't just puff up men's egos, it also enables extraction - labour rents, kinship rents, exclusion, and impunity rents.
May 9
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Alice Evans
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Are Queen Mothers Over-Rated?
Rebutting a few myths..
May 6
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Alice Evans
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Female Power for Whom?
Queen mothers, pawned girls, and the limits of the Standard Cross Cultural Sample
May 1
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Alice Evans
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April 2026
Why Are Sub-Saharan Africa's Earliest States now Epicenters of Terrorism?
The Sahelian-Sudanic belt converted to Islam but retained ethnic divisions. Salafists now recruit excluded young men to wage holy war.
Apr 25
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Alice Evans
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Will Female Graduates Break Chinese Patriarchy?
Female education is often sold as the great equaliser. But are institutions really so meritocratic?
Apr 16
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Alice Evans
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When Cities Outrun the State
Late industrialisers can import machines faster than they build impartial states.
Apr 10
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Alice Evans
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What's the Most Under-Rated Engine of Gender Equality?
Job-creating economic growth makes an enormous difference to women's lives
Apr 5
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Alice Evans
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Demographic Overstretch
When Population Growth Outruns State Capacity
Apr 3
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Alice Evans
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March 2026
Cutting Out the Middleman
Smart phones
Mar 29
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Alice Evans
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Towards a Scientific Study of Sexual Violence
Names can be used to estimate ethnicity.
Mar 10
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Alice Evans
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Fight Club, USA
As a teen, did you often get in physical fights?
Mar 7
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Alice Evans
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Broken Skulls and the State!
Violent Datasets
Mar 2
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Alice Evans
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