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06 March, 2020

Defining Social Housing: A Discussion on the Suitable Criteria

Housing, Theory and Society 36(2): 149–166. doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2018.1459826. Abstract The term social housing has been characterized as a “floating signifier”, i.e. a term with no agreed-upon meanin

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lundgren, Björn , & Granath Hansson, A.
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04 October, 2019

Completed: Tipping Point

A multiartistic performative sculpture to visualize the complex connection between our decisions today and the living conditions for future generations.

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07 July, 2017

“Most MPs are Not All that Sharp.” Political Employees and Representative Democracy

International Journal of Public Administration, Vol 40 (7), s 548-558 (2017) DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2016.1157693 Abstract The article analyses the orientations of political employees in

Type of publication: Journal articles | Svallfors, Stefan
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08 November, 2017

Benefiting from Injustice and the Common-Source Problem

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, pp 1-15, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-017-9845-7. Abstract According to the Beneficiary Pays Principle, innocent beneficiaries of an injustice stand in a special mora

Type of publication: Journal articles | Duus-Otterström, Göran
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09 April, 2019

Discounting for Public Policy: A Survey

Economics and Philosophy 33(3), pp. 391-439. Published online 31 May 2017. doi.org/10.1017/S0266267117000062 Abstract This article surveys the debate over the social discount rate. The focus is on the ec

Type of publication: Journal articles | Greaves, Hilary
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06 April, 2016

"Most MPs are not all that sharp." Political employees and representative democracy

Working Paper 2016 no. 2(Published in International Journal of Public Administration, Vol 40 (7), pp 548-558  (2017) DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2016.1157693) This paper analyses the orient

Type of publication: Working papers | Svallfors, Stefan
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26 April, 2022

Mollie Gerver: Refugee Resettlement and Adaptive Preferences

Plats: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm Register here Abstract Aid organizations are increasingly lobbying wealthy countries to send aid to refugees in neighboring poorer count

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22 October, 2013

Charles Manski: Seminar with a skeptic

Charles F. Manski On the 21st and 22nd of January this year Charles F Manski was in Stockholm, invited by the Institute for Futures studies to hold three lectures on his newly published book Public Poli.

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02 February, 2018

Completed: Sequences of Democratization

Why do some democratic transitions succeed and others do not? We attempt to identify which sequences lead to full and stable democracy and which sequences do not.

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