Social & Behavioral Sciences

Panelists debate: Is democracy the end of history?

Twenty-five years ago public intellectual Francis Fukuyama ’74 wrote an essay called “The End of History.” A campus panel Nov. 18 challenged many of Fukuyama's premises.

Officials talk 'reasonable suspicion' in Ferguson forum

The Africana Studies and Research Center held its second forum on issues arising from death of Michael Brown’s death Nov. 17. The event focused on law enforcement, training and policies.

ILR's Gary Fields wins International Labor Economics Prize

Gary Fields, a member of Cornell’s economics department and the ILR School's John P. Windmuller Chair in International and Comparative Labor, won the 2014 IZA Prize in Labor Economics.

Cornell's economic outlook conference will be Dec. 9

Registration is open for Cornell’s 2015 Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference on Dec. 9, featuring the national outlook by economist Steve Kyle and a session about labor challenges in the apple industry.

Smile when you say 'Mommy, may I?'

Words with the “hard e” (/ē/) sound are preferred, especially when asking favors of "Mommy."

Matthew Evangelista on the 'American Way of Bombing'

Air warfare "norms" are still evolving, authors say in "American Way of Bombing."

Feeling entitled leads to more creativity, study shows

An ILR School study finds that a feeling of entitlement leads to greater creativity, a finding that has implications for the work place.

Study: Nothing's too trivial for important confidantes

When it comes to social support, it isn’t what you talk about that matters, but whom you talk to.

Activist discusses anti-Islamophobia work

Donna Nevel, a Jewish-American anti-Islamophobia activist in New York City, discussed her work in a campus talk Nov. 6.