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28 April, 2025

The ambivalence of desistance: Balancing in the liminal space between deviance and conventionality

European Journal of Criminology Abstract Building and expanding on contemporary research where desistance is increasingly conceived of asa fragile and liminal experience, this paper examines the early dof ambivalence – an undertheorised concept in life course criminology. This paper employs qualitativeinterviews from a total of 10 participants who participated in SIG, a voluntary defector programmein Sweden. Despite having formulated a clear resolve to desist, the participantsnonetheless experienced feelings of ambivalence in relation to the desistance process. In theseinstances, the aspiring desisters were bordering between the prospects of a better, crime-freelife and the pains, losses, struggles and frustrations accompanying the early stages of desistance.It is argued that this liminal position, where the old life is to be discarded and a new, better lifeis yet to be built, may constitute a breeding ground for ambivalence – a state which needs tobe grounded in the precarious social position of marginalised youth which aspiring desisters typicallyoccupy.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Wahlman, Lily
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30 October, 2019

Incommensurability: Vagueness, Parity and other Non-Conventional Comparative Relations

The workshop will focus on how one can account for value incommensurability, its implications for ethical theory and decision theory.

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30 October, 2019

Incommensurability: Vagueness, Parity and other Non-Conventional Comparative Relations

The workshop will focus on how one can account for value incommensurability, its implications for ethical theory and decision theory.

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18 December, 2017

Equality of opportunity and the precarization of labour markets

European Journal of Political Theory, DOI: 10.1177/1474885117738116 Abstract How can we equalize opportunities while respecting people’s freedom? According to a view that I call libertarian resourcism, pbecome a powerful weapon to criticize work conditionality as unfair and perfectionistic (or illiberal), and to motivate political struggles for the emancipation of the precariat. However, similar views are also expressed in many other justifications of basic income that stress the strategic importance of exit-based empowerment. This article argues that the reliance of these theories on concepts and assumptions of libertarianism makesthem ill-equipped to justify core requirements of social empowerment, and to identify the forms of agency needed to sustainably advance the radical objectives they favour. The implication of this is not to reject the link between social justice and unconditional resource endowments but to dissociate the justification and design of such measures from libertarian ways of thinking.

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19 July, 2024

Erez Maggor: Bidenomics, Industrial Policy, and the Twenty-First Century American Developmental State

Venue: Holländargatan 13, Stockholm Research seminar with Erez Maggor, Assistant Professor at Ben-Gurion University. He studies the political economy of industrial policy and innovation. Register here &

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30 June, 2022

The Democratic Inclusion of Artificial Intelligence? Exploring the Patiency, Agency and Relational Conditions for Demos Membership

Philos. Technol.35, 24  Abstract Should artificial intelligences ever be included as co-authors of democratic decisions? According to the conventional view in democratic theory, the answer depends on the

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06 October, 2022

Prioritarianism, timeslices, and prudential value

Australasian Journal of Philosophy ABSTRACT This paper shows that versions of prioritarianism that focus at least partially on well-being levels at certain times conflict with conventional views of prud

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders , Andric, Vuko
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26 October, 2016

Social Exclusion among Peers: The Role of Immigrant Status and Classroom Immigrant Density.

Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Advanced online publication. DOI: 10.1007/s10964-016-0564-5. Abstract Increasing immigration and school ethnic segregation have raised concerns about the social integrat

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jonsson, Jan O. , Plenty, Stephanie
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17 April, 2019

A more plausible collapsing principle

Theoria, Volume 84, Issue 4. doi.org/10.1111/theo.12166 Abstract In 1997 John Broome presented the Collapsing Argument that was meant to establish that non‐conventional comparative relations (e.g., “par

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders , & Henrik Andersson
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14 June, 2019
Completed: Firms as Political Activists

Completed: Firms as Political Activists: The Scope and Nature of Corporate Political Responsibility

This project explores the changing political role of corporations in the 21st century by combining political science, sociology, and business science.

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