The pandemic utterly flipped this social contract on its head. White-collar workers found out that they could work from home. People began to push back on workplace norms and become bolder, ...

On August 1, 2024, Nigerians protested for 10 days to express frustrations over the country’s skyrocketing inflation, unemployment, insecurity, and fuel price hikes, among other issues.

China is responding to US "hegemony and bullying" with more tariffs on US goods and a humorous online campaign. The army of social media soldiers is now creating cartoons, memes, and posters ...

Anthropomorphising the Algorithm: A ‘Theory of Mind’ Perspective on Psychological Contract Creation in Gig Work Arrangements. Human Resource Management Journal , 2025; DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12599 ...

Social Contract and Populism in Contemporary Politics Chair: Emilia Palonen. This event will discuss the explicit and implicit practices of social contracts in politics. Democracy has a significant ...

A quick peek at Chubb's Instagram story will show viewers a cartoon image of Batman – Chubb's favorite superhero – wiping ...

But strengthening the social contract over the medium and longer term requires more salient, direct taxes that lead people to demand accountability. A silver lining to the pandemic is that people have ...

Cartoon by Drew Sheneman for Dec. 6, 2024.

Welcome to Open Seminar on Sexual Contract and Social Contract Theory on 22 November 2024! The open seminar event explores the seminal book of the late Carole Pateman The Sexual Contract as feminist ...

Social contract theory is an ancient philosophical idea that states that an individual's ethical and political obligations relate to an agreement he has with every other individual within a ...