William D Ferguson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1259609 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William D Ferguson |
| GIVEN NAMES | William D |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferguson |
| SIGNATURE | FERGUSON W D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Grinnell College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8115-6207 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Power and public authority
Public authority addresses how actors, ranging from officials to gang leaders, and cultural innovators, interact via cooperation, competition and conflict to generate shifting degrees of social order within territories. This paper summarises four key components that directly relate to power. First, power underlies public authority. Second, public authority entails and engenders institutional bricolage. Third, public authorities utilise functions,…
The Political Economy of Collective Action, Inequality, and Development
Why do some societies achieve high standards of living, relatively broad access to education and quality health care, serviceable infrastructure, predictable and largely impersonal legal procedures, and relatively accessible avenues to peaceful political expression, while others stagnate with guarded islands of extravagant wealth, surrounded by oceans of poverty, corrupt autocratic systems, and simmering conflicts—or even full-blown civil wars? W…
The Political Economy of Collective Action, Inequality, and Development
Fair Wages, Worker Motivation, and Implicit Bargaining Power in Segmented Labor Markets
This paper addresses implicit bargaining power within employment relationships using a versatile model of labor market segmentation that combines labor discipline, performance pay, insider power, and fair wage principles. In the primary sector, fair wage comparisons, firm-specific human capital, and less perfect monitoring engender bilateral bargaining power, yielding high compensation, sometimes including a bonus. Secondary-sector employers exer…
Frontal lobe disinhibition in attention deficit disorder
Differences in Psychological Sex, Adjustment, and Familial Influences Among Homosexual and Nonhomosexual Populations
The present study investigated differences in psychological sex, present and past adjustment, and parental influences among homosexual cross-dressers, homosexual non-cross-dressers, applicants for sex change surgery, and heterosexuals. The homosexual non-cross dresser and heterosexual groups were found to have the most masculine gender role, with the sex change group having the most feminine gender identity. The two homosexual groups were most ac…
Differences in Psychological Sex, Adjustment, and Familial Influences Among Homosexual and Nonhomosexual Populations
The present study investigated differences in psychological sex, present and past adjustment, and parental influences among homosexual cross-dressers, homosexual non-cross-dressers, applicants for sex change surgery, and heterosexuals. The homosexual non-cross dresser and heterosexual groups were found to have the most masculine gender role, with the sex change group having the most feminine gender identity. The two homosexual groups were most ac…
Differences in Psychological Sex, Adjustment, and Familial Influences Among Homosexual and Nonhomosexual Populations
The present study investigated differences in psychological sex, present and past adjustment, and parental influences among homosexual cross-dressers, homosexual non-cross-dressers, applicants for sex change surgery, and heterosexuals. The homosexual non-cross dresser and heterosexual groups were found to have the most masculine gender role, with the sex change group having the most feminine gender identity. The two homosexual groups were most ac…
Frontal lobe disinhibition in attention deficit disorder
Fair Wages, Worker Motivation, and Implicit Bargaining Power in Segmented Labor Markets
This paper addresses implicit bargaining power within employment relationships using a versatile model of labor market segmentation that combines labor discipline, performance pay, insider power, and fair wage principles. In the primary sector, fair wage comparisons, firm-specific human capital, and less perfect monitoring engender bilateral bargaining power, yielding high compensation, sometimes including a bonus. Secondary-sector employers exer…
The Political Economy of Collective Action, Inequality, and Development
Why do some societies achieve high standards of living, relatively broad access to education and quality health care, serviceable infrastructure, predictable and largely impersonal legal procedures, and relatively accessible avenues to peaceful political expression, while others stagnate with guarded islands of extravagant wealth, surrounded by oceans of poverty, corrupt autocratic systems, and simmering conflicts—or even full-blown civil wars? W…
The Political Economy of Collective Action, Inequality, and Development
Power and public authority
Public authority addresses how actors, ranging from officials to gang leaders, and cultural innovators, interact via cooperation, competition and conflict to generate shifting degrees of social order within territories. This paper summarises four key components that directly relate to power. First, power underlies public authority. Second, public authority entails and engenders institutional bricolage. Third, public authorities utilise functions,…
Sociology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Autocracy (2 works) · Civil society (2 works) · Collective action (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Development economics (2 works)