Worked over and overworked -- Workplace hell -- The vise tights -- Downright Dickensian -- The rise and fall of the social contract -- Leaner and meaner -- Here today, gone tomorrow -- Wal-Mart, the low-wage colossus -- Taking the high road -- Overstressed and overstretched -- Outsourced and out...

Despite a significant expansion of the literature on conflicts and fragility of states, only a few systematic attempts have been made to link the theoretical literature on social conflicts to the available micro-level information about the people who are involved in these conflicts. We address...

Despite a significant expansion of the literature on conflicts and fragility of states, only a few systematic attempts have been made to link the theoretical literature on social conflicts to the available micro-level information about the people who are involved in these conflicts. We address...