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

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

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

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

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?

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.

Games and Cultures, doi.org/10.1177/1555412018800650  Abstract Unpredictable social dynamics can dominate social outcomes even in carefully designed societies like online multiplayer games. According to

Mikael Persson: Associate Professor (Docent), Political Science, University of Gothenburg ABSTRACTConnecting public opinion and implemented public policy is indeed an important endeavor that concerns t

Venue: Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online Research seminar with Eli Cook, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Haifa. Abstract Based on my forthcoming book with Penguin-Random House,  seeks to redefine how we understand freedom and power in a choice-saturated world.

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