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Unintended consequences

Known as: Unforeseen consequences, Unanticipated outcomes, Law of unintended consequences 
In the social sciences, unintended consequences (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences) are outcomes that are not the ones… 
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Duncan Tanner Essay Prize Winner 2012 The Invention of a ‘Secular Society’? Christianity and the Sudden Appearance of Secularization Discourses in the British National Media, 1961–4
This essay examines the sudden re-imagination of Britain as a ‘secular society’ in the highbrow British media between 1961 and… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
The spatial dimensions of fisheries: Putting it all in place
Explicit consideration of space and place in fisheries science and governance holds great promise for addressing management… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Optimal environmental policy in transport: unintended effects on consumers generalized price
Transport activity is strongly linked to environmental damage. However, transport operators may reduce their pollutant emissions… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
The Future of Democracy in Europe: Trends, Analyses and Reforms
This paper is a short version of a “Green Paper” that the author wrote for the Council of Europe, with Alexandre Trechsel. It… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
The Macroeconomic Rebound Effect and the UK Economy
The study examines the macroeconomic rebound effect for the UK economy, arising from UK energy efficiency policies and programmes… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Does Inequality Matter to Individual Welfare? An Initial Exploration Based on Happiness Surveys from Latin America
The effect of inequality on individual welfare remains a debated question in economics. A common explanation for these mixed… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Linguists, Literacy, and the Law of Unintended Consequences
In 1970, the Pacific and Asian Linguistics Institute of the University of Hawai'i launched a fourteen-year effort designed to… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Efficiency of body biasing in 90-nm CMOS for low-power digital circuits
The efficiency of body biasing for leakage reduction and performance improvement in a 90-nm CMOS low-power technology with triple… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The Blood of Martyrs : Unintended Consequences of Ancient Violence
‘‘The blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians,’’ wrote Tertullian in the third century. He recognized the importance of… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Organizing Knowledge and Behavior at Yale's Institute of Human Relations
IN 1929 JAMES ANGELL, president of Yale, announced plans for a unique teaching and research center for those fields "directly… 
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