But this mindset applies to far more than the economy. It’s the social contract. Life was “nasty, brutish, and short” As a trained political scientist who grew up with a father who was also ...

The protest shows the breakdown of the social contract between the government and its citizens. The Nigerian government should strengthen its anti-corruption efforts by creating a specialised anti ...

The army of social media soldiers is now creating cartoons, memes, and posters attacking US President Donald Trump. Defiant posts shot to the top of social media's most-searched lists, flooding ...

"The implications of this question compel a fresh look at the features of psychological contract theory and its assumptions." In their conceptual review, the authors propose expanding ...

Democracy has a significant basis on social contract theory, but social contracts are also a tool in political rhetoric. What are Social Contracts for in today's politics? What is the populist social ...

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The dramatic shift necessary to respond to these crises calls for nothing less than the renewal of the social contract. That means putting the “four Rs of tax” at the heart of our analysis and policy, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X As Trump’s military parade takes to the street, so do thousands of ‘No Kings’ protesters ...

HEPP is co-organizing an open seminar and course with the Doctoral Programme on Gender, Culture, and Society (SKY) on the late Carole Pateman's book of feminist critique, The Sexual Contract, and ...

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 society.