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22 January, 2018

Lea Ypi: On dominated dominators

Professor in Political Theory in the Government Department, London School of Economics. ABSTRACT This paper explores the case of dominated dominators as a way of understanding structural domination. I s

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09 September, 2008

Interpreting Europe and US Labor Market Differences: the Specificity of Human Capital Investments

This paper suggests that in the US context, workers tend to invest in general human capital since they face little employment protection and low unemployment benefits, while the European model favors

Type of publication: Working papers | Etienne Wasmer
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28 March, 2014

The Multiple Burdens of Foreign-Named Men—Evidence from a Field Experiment on Gendered Ethnic Hiring Discrimination in Sweden

European Sociological ReviewFull text Abstract Scholars have documented ethnic and gender discrimination across labour markets since the 1970s by using field experiments (correspondence tests) in which

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bursell, Moa
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26 March, 2018
Completed: How do human norms form and change?

Completed: How do human norms form and change?

Many societies are dominated by norms that are, in the long run, harmful to their members. How can these norms change?

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22 January, 2024
The Wrong of Capitalism Beyond Domination (1)

The Wrong of Capitalism Beyond Domination

Political philosophy is witnessing a revival of critiques of capitalism. Against those who argue that capitalism is unjust because of (i) its distributive outcomes, (ii) the oppression of workers at t

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22 January, 2021

Nondeterminacy, cycles and rational choice

in: Analysis (2020) Volume 80:3. AbstractA notorious problem that has recently received increased attention in axiology, normative theory and population ethics is the apparent ubiquity of what can be g. This paper illustrates how nondeterminacy can spawn cyclical rankings. So, accepting that practical reasons can admit of nondeterminacy challenges the widely held idea that ‘better than’ is transitive. As a result, standard approaches to rational choice under nondeterminacy fail to be action-guiding, since in some situations all options are dominated, that is, impermissible according to standard rational choice criteria.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders
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01 January, 2010

Radical Right-wing Populism in Denmark and Sweden: Explaining Party System Change and Stability

2010. The SAIS Review of International Affairs 30: 57-71. AbstractThis paper aims to present possible explanations as to why radical right-wing populist parties have been highly successful in Denmark but

Type of publication: Journal articles | J. Rydgren
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31 October, 2016

Gender as an Employment Criterion?

As other fields, the academic sector is gender-segregated. While some disciplines are dominated by female students and researchers (especially in the humanities), others are dominated by male students

As other fields, the academic sector is gender-segregated. Which strategies are currently employed to deal with gender segregation? Are they working, and can we think of better strategies?
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20 December, 2016

Erik Olin Wright: Pathways to a Cooperative Market Economy

Erik Olin Wright: Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Madison-Wisconsin. ABSTRACT The idea that there is a pathway from a capitalist economy to a cooperative market economy is grounded in

Erik Olin Wright: Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Madison-Wisconsin.
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14 January, 2025

Generationally Parochial Geoengineering: Early Warning-Signs of a Basic Threat

In: Mosquera, J. & O. Torpman (ed.),Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generationsvol. 6. Working Paper Series 2024:10–17 Abstract ‘Geoengineering' has come to refer to massive technological inter

Type of publication: Working papers | Stephen M. Gardiner & Catriona McKinnon
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