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On Tax Efforts and Colonial Heritage in Africa
One commonly observed phenomena on taxation in Africa are regional differences and that southern African countries have higher levels of shares of taxation in GDP. Using a panel data framework and div
A Leap in the Dark. From a Large Actor to a Large Approach: The Joint Committee of the Nordic Social Democratic Labour Movement and the Crisis of the Nordic Model
This paper examines the Nordic Social Democratic parties’ own efforts to manage the inner and outer challenges of the so-called Nordic welfare model, i.e. how it is described, legitimized, and what ro
Steven Vanderheiden: Sovereignty and sustainability: friends or foes?
Steven Vanderheiden, Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research (CSTPR), University of Colorado at Boulder Abstract In this tal
Emily Klancher Merchant: Challenging Overpopulation
Can we ethically achieve a sustainable population size? Answers to this question typically focus on the human rights abuses perpetrated by efforts to control the world’s populations in the twentieth a
Urban Inequality and Political Recruitment Networks
Taking social-geographical differentiation in the urban landscape into account, this paper provides evidence of segregation-generated differences in political recruitment networks. It is found that ac
Modes of Re-Territorialisation: Spatial Implications of Regional Competition Politics in Sweden
In Sweden, efforts to develop knowledge based niches have become key elements in an increasingly growth oriented regional/industrial policy. This paper addresses the spatial implications of these chan
CUSP: Controlling Corruption. The Social Contract Approach
Welcome to the first lecture in the new series CUSP - Critically Urgent Societal Problems - that we arrange in collaboration with the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) in Uppsala. At this first
Epistemic Privilege and Victims’ Duties to Resist their Oppression
Journal of Applied Philsophy, DOI: 10.1111/japp.12255. Abstract Victims of injustice are prominent protagonists in efforts to resist injustice. I argue that they have a duty to do so. Extant accounts of
Malcolm Fairbrother: Trust and Public Support for Environmental Protection
Dr Malcolm Fairbrother, University of Bristol ABSTRACTMost people say they are concerned about the serious environmental problems confronting the world today and threatening the well-being of future ge
Emily Klancher Merchant: Challenging Overpopulation
Place: Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online.Research seminar with Emily Klancher Merchant, Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies, University of California, Davis. Emily is anhistorian
