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Robert J. Brym
Researcher at University of Toronto
Publications - 109
Citations - 1692
Robert J. Brym is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Politics. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 107 publications receiving 1598 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert J. Brym include Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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Suicide Bombing as Strategy and Interaction: The Case of the Second Intifada
Robert J. Brym,Bader Araj +1 more
TL;DR: This article analyzed the motivations, organizational rationales and precipitants for the 138 suicide bombings that took place in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza between October 2000 and July 2005, and found that much of the impetus for Palestinian suicide bombing can be explained by the desire to retaliate against Israeli killings of Palestinians.
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Intellectuals and politics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss Radicals and Moderates, Oligarchs and Democrats, Leftists and Rightists, and leftists and rightists in the United States.
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Social media in the 2011 Egyptian uprising.
TL;DR: Examining the independent effects of a host of factors associated with high-risk movement activism, the paper concludes that using some new electronic communications media was associated with being a demonstrator, however, grievances, structural availability, and network connections were more important than was the use of new electroniccommunications media in distinguishing demonstrators from sympathetic onlookers.
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The functions of elections in the USSR
Victor Zaslavsky,Robert J. Brym +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the functions of elections in the USSR were discussed and an overview of the candidates and their roles in the election process is presented, with a focus on the role of women.
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Sociology: Your Compass for a New World
Robert J. Brym,John Lie +1 more
TL;DR: The course usually fulfills a general education requirement, so in addition to the many sociology majors taking the course are many non-majors as discussed by the authors, and most students taking this course are freshmen and sophomores.