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A cultural evolution theory for contemporary polarization trends in moral opinions
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Abstract While existing theories of political polarization tend to suggest that the opinions of liberals and conservatives move in opposite directions, avai
The Ethics of Refugee Policy: Discrimination, Integration, and Politics
Place:Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm Co-hosted by the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace and the Institute forFutures Studies. Co-sponsored by the Society for
Friendship trust and psychological well-being from late adolescence to early adulthood: A structural equation modelling approach
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Volume: 45 issue:3, pp.244-252. doi.org/10.1177/1403494816680784 Abstract Aims:This study explored the sex-specific associations between friendship trust and the p: The findings suggest that young people do not benefit from trustful social relations to the same extent as adult populations. Young women who express impaired well-being run a greater risk of being members of networks characterized by low friendship trust over time.
Carina Gunnarson: Crossing boundaries - Collaborative partnerships and interventions towards particularly vulnerable areas in Sweden
Carina Gunnarsonsresearch has primarily focused on social trust, and how this can be promoted in difficult environments through school and civil society. Empirically, her research is about the fight a
Legal Power and the Right to Vote: Does the Right to Vote Confer Power?
Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, 30(1), 5–22. Abstract It is widely believed that voting rights confer power to individual voters as well as to the collective body of the electorate. This pa
Who Approves of Gossip, Ostracism, and Confrontation Following Norm Violations? A Cross-Cultural Test of Gender Stereotypes
Social Psychology Quarterly Abstract Existing research and popular culture suggest that women are more approving of gossip. But are they? This research note uses two studies to ask whether gender stereo
Ludvig Beckman
I am Professor in Political Science at Stockholm University. In 2000 I defended my dissertation at Uppsala University. I participate in the research project "The Boundary Problem in Democratic Theory" t
Explosive violence: A near-repeat study of hand grenade detonations and shootings in urban Sweden.
European Journal of Criminology. doi.org/10.1177/1477370818820656 Abstract Hand grenade attacks have increasingly been reported in Sweden. However, to date no research on the topic exists. The present st
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Diversity preferences among employees and ethnoracial workplace segregation
Social Science Research. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.03.009 Abstract Ethno-racial workplace segregation increases already existing ethno-racial inequality. While previous research has identified d
