China uses state-owned enterprises to promote social stability by employing high-risk groups when unrest threats emerge

Financial counterterrorism is under attack for being costly and ineffective, but a new study shows it can reduce terrorist attack casualties

Government use of prison labour can distort incentives for incarceration and have lasting negative effects on trust in legal institutions like police

Access to formal complaints technologies improves minorities’ strategic bargaining power within local government and improves public good provision

Hometown auditors report lower suspicious expenditures, implying that social ties are associated with greater leniency

A new index of ethnic stratification reveals that ethnic differences matter for conflict if, and only if, they coincide with economic differences

The effect of illegal ‘resources’ on conflict depends on the country context, group competition, and the government’s capacity to enforce laws