The arguments over religion are a form of political competition, which allow observation of how competing groups ridicule and undermine each other's ideological integrity.
The Good People is a novel about how competing systems of thought – religious, medical, folkloric and, eventually, legal – attempt to make sense of the bad stuff that happens.
That is not an economist's way of thinking, but it does seem to be how competing groups of ideologues and moralists increasingly view decision-making.
Overemphasis on fit has resulted in research designs that involve singular evaluation of the extension without considering how competing brands in the target category might affect the evaluation of brand extensions.
While there is evidence that land use conflict is partly explained by differences in place meanings, there is little understanding of how competing place meaning might explain different beliefs about a land use.
The paper examines how competing actors and their ideas on market integration developed new services for direct marketing according to their respective origins and tried to shape the regulatory framework.
