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Should corporations be allowed to vote?
Democracy was once defined so that neither women nor poor could vote. Nowadays this sounds absurd and it’s obvious that both women and poor constitute as important parts of society as rich men, and sh
Why Morality and Other Forms of Normativity are Sometimes Dramatically Directly Collectively Self-Defeating
Arbetsrapport 2024:3Del av Studies in the Ethics of Coordination and Climate Change Abstract In a prisoner’s dilemma, if everyone follows the strategy of self-interest, then everyone is certain to be wo
Life-style and self-rated global health in Sweden: A prospective analysis spanning three decades
Preventive Medicine ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743513003472 Abstract The article studies the relation between lifestyle and global self-rated health in the adult
The dangers of excessive ambitions within the social sciences - Jon Elster
www.iffs.se Part 1: In this lecture Jon Elster diagnoses this flaw and discusses possible remedies. He argues that actual agents are intrinsically less sophisticated than the models assume them to
How many refugees can the Swedish welfare state handle?
The past year the influx of refugees has been the topic of many discussions. How will these newcomers affect the people who already live in Sweden? How will they affect the economy, the labour market,
A Life-Course Analysis of Engagement in Violent Extremist Groups
The British Journal of Criminology Abstract In this exploratory study, individuals’ processes of engagement in violent extremist groups are analysed by drawing from criminological life-course theory and
Rod Rhodes: The theory and practice of governance: the next steps
Rod Rhodes is Professor of Government (Research) within Social Sciences at the University of Southampton.ABSTRACTIn the 2000s, the New Public Governance (NPG) became prominent and this article takes s
The dangers of excessive ambitions within the social sciences - Tore Ellingsen
www.iffs.se Part 2: Comment by Tore Ellingsen In this lecture Jon Elster diagnoses this flaw and discusses possible remedies. He argues that actual agents are intrinsically less sophisticated than
The dangers of excessive ambitions within the social sciences - Jon Elster replies
www.iffs.se Part 4: Jon Elster answers to comments from Tore Ellingsen and Bengt Hansson. In this lecture Jon Elster diagnoses this flaw and discusses possible remedies. He argues that actual age
The dangers of excessive ambitions within the social sciences - Jon Elster Q&A
www.iffs.se Part 5: Questions from the audience In this lecture Jon Elster diagnoses this flaw and discusses possible remedies. He argues that actual agents are intrinsically less sophisticated th
