Century of Struggle

Some of the most pivotal moments in intellectual history occur when a new ideology sweeps through a society, supplanting an established system of beliefs in a rapid revolution of thought. Yet in many cases the new ideology is as extreme as the old. Why is it then that moderate positions so rarely prevail? Here, in the context of a simple model of opinion spreading, we test seven plausible strategies for deradicalizing a society and find that only one of them significantly expands the moderate subpopulation without risking its extinction in the process.

show abstract

“…where ∆(u, p) = 4p 2 − 4(2 + u)p + (1 − u) 2 . Solving ∆(u, p) = 0 for p, we obtain the curve on which the saddle-node bifurcations occur:…”

Section: Generalization Iii: Nonsocial Deradicalizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In some cases, there is an enduring consensus that the new doctrine marks a tangible improvement on the old. This is the case for the American civil rights movement [1], women's suffrage [2,3], and paradigm shifts in science [4][5][6]. However in many other situations, the newer doctrine is not clearly better.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Encouraging Moderation: Clues from a Simple Model of Ideological Conflict

et al. 2012

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Long‐run intergenerational health benefits of women empowerment: Evidence from suffrage movements in the US

Noghanibehambari

Noghani

2023

Health Economics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

An ongoing body of research documents that women empowerment is associated with improved outcomes for children. However, little is known about the long‐run effects on health outcomes. This paper adds to this literature and studies the association between maternal exposure to suffrage reforms and children's old‐age longevity. We utilize changes in suffrage laws across US states and over time as a source of incentivizing maternal investment in children's health and education. Using the universe of death records in the US over the years 1979–2020 and implementing a difference‐in‐difference econometric framework, we find that cohorts exposed to suffrage throughout their childhood live 0.6 years longer than unexposed cohorts. Furthermore, we show that these effects are not driven by preexisting trends in longevity, endogenous migration, selective fertility, and changes in the demographic composition of the sample. Additional analysis reveals that improvements in education and income are candidate mechanisms. Moreover, we find substantial improvements in early‐adulthood socioeconomic standing, height, and height‐for‐age outcomes due to childhood exposure to suffrage movements. A series of state‐level analyses suggest reductions in infant and child mortality following suffrage law change. We also find evidence that counties in states that passed the law experienced new openings of County Health Departments and increases in physicians per capita.

show abstract

History of Science

Tietjen¹

2020

Scientific Women

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Century of Struggle

Cited by 14 publications

References 0 publications

Encouraging Moderation: Clues from a Simple Model of Ideological Conflict

Encouraging Moderation: Clues from a Simple Model of Ideological Conflict

Long‐run intergenerational health benefits of women empowerment: Evidence from suffrage movements in the US

History of Science

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About