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📄 social science

Symbolic feedback in social coordination: A cognition-based control-theoretic framework

This paper proposes a control-theoretic framework modeling shared symbolic systems as a supra-individual feedback loop that regulates social coordination by dynamically aligning individual cognitive models with collective norms through mechanisms analogous to proportional, derivative, and integral control, thereby explaining the stability of diverse social structures including religious institutions without requiring cognitive uniformity.

Ehud Ahissar2026-10-23
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Multi-Member-District System with Single Non-Transferable Voting

By applying the α\alpha-divergence decomposition method to Japanese local elections, this study demonstrates that the Multi-Member District system with Single Non-Transferable Voting (MMD-SNTV) achieves proportionality comparable to or exceeding list proportional representation by offsetting wasted votes through intra-party unequal representation, thereby functioning as a quasi-proportional system driven by candidate rationality rather than mechanical vote transfers.

Junichiro Wada, Yuta Kamahara, Yukihiro Nakajima2026-10-23
📄 social science

Against Retrospective Certainty: Temporal Honesty and the Governance of Institutional Memory

This paper argues that institutional memory must be governed by the norm of "temporal honesty" to preserve the contemporaneous epistemic record—including uncertainty, dissent, and revision lineage—thereby mitigating the governance risk of retrospective certainty and enabling auditable reconstruction of past judgments, as illustrated by the Iraq WMD inquiries and AI system evaluations.

Ilias Konstantinidis2026-10-23
📄 social science

From Punishment to Risk Identification: Rethinking the Mechanism for Determining “Serious Breaches of Trust” in China’s Social Credit Governance

This paper argues that determining "Serious Breaches of Trust" in China's social credit system should be reconceptualized from a punitive administrative act to a distinct form of risk identification, proposing a tripartite model of administrative acts and a corresponding risk-based governance framework to better address the system's predictive and preventive functions.

Sizhang Luo2026-10-23
📄 social science

Transformational Leadership of Kyai in Digital Learning at Indonesian Pesantren

This study examines how the four sons of the late KH. M transformed the traditional Assalafiyyah Pesantren in Kampung Mlangi into a modern, digital institution by overcoming rigid educational customs while preserving Salafiyah values, thereby contributing to global goals on quality education, institutional strength, and inequality reduction.

Amanda Elista, Tri Yuniningsih, Nur Fitri Mutmainah, Erni Saharuddin, Diyah Novitasari2026-10-23
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Early Childhood Physical Aggression and Child Maltreatment: A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends, Knowledge Structure and Emerging Themes

This bibliometric analysis of 268 studies reveals that research on early childhood physical aggression and maltreatment is predominantly US-centric and focused on family-level framing, while exhibiting limited international collaboration and notable gaps in keywords related to inhibitory control, language, and intervention.

Mariam Jardini, Yatheesh Bharadwaj2026-10-23