Luc Bovens: Secular Hopes in the Face of Death

Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. ABSTRACT We will discuss various questions concerning secular hopes in the face of death, that is, hopes other than the hope for eternal life.  What

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Modern Vikings in the East. Sweden’s Role in 1990’s Russian Economic Reforms: Institutions, Elite Networks, and Informal Practices

What role did Swedish institutions, experts, and elites play in the economic and political development in post-Soviet Russia, with corruption, tax evasion and the emergence of the oligarchy as a result?

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