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11 November, 2007

Adapting To Globalised Product And Labour Markets: New Models For Apprenticeship in Europe

The paper identifies two distinct models of apprenticeship in Europe: the well-established demand-driven model found and the more recently revived supply-driven model. The paper concludes that countri

Type of publication: Working papers | Hilary Steedman
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11 June, 2015

Malcolm Fairbrother: Elites, Democracy and the Rise of Globalization

Dr Malcolm Fairbrother, University of Bristol ABSTRACTWhy have the governments of so many nations decided to globalize their economies in the last 30 years? The literature on this question is polarized

Dr Malcolm Fairbrother, University of Bristol
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28 August, 2015

Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall: Reinventing the Swedish public corporation for the 21st Century

Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall, Center for Governance and Management Studies at Stockholm School of Economics ABSTRACTTaking an organisational perspective on mergers and acquisitions Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall d', SNS förlag.

Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall, Center for Governance and Management Studies at Stockholm School of Economics
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07 January, 2016

Laura Valentini: There Are No Natural Rights: Rights, Duties and Positive Norms

Laura Valentini, Associate Professor of Political Science at London School of Economics ABSTRACTMany contemporary philosophers—of a broadly deontological disposition—believe that there exist some pre-i. In this paper, I defend this unpopular view. I argue that all rights are grounded in —namely, norms constituted by the collective acceptance of gives “oughts”—, provided the norms’ content meets some independent standards of moral acceptability. This view, I suggest, does justice to the relational nature of rights, by explaining how it is that right-holders acquire the authority to demand certain actions (or omissions) from duty-bearers. Furthermore, the view does not divest human beings of fundamental moral protections. Even if, absent some rights-grounding positive norms, obligations cannot be to others, we still have  (non-directed) placing constraints on how we may permissibly treat one Another.

Laura Valentini, Associate Professor of Political Science at London School of Economics
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27 February, 2025

Assessing knowledge of migrant sexual reproductive health and rights: a national cross-sectional survey among health professionals in Sweden

Frontiers in Sociology, sec. Migration and Society Abstract Despite the commitment of the Swedish government to ensuring equal access to Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights services for all citizens,

Type of publication: Journal articles | Vartanova, Irina , & Birgitta Essén et al. Tibajev, Andrey , & Birgitta Essén et al. Strimling, Pontus , & Birgitta Essén et al.
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01 June, 2012

Exploiting Temporal Network Structures of Human Interaction to Effectively Immunize Populations

2012. PLoS ONE 7, e36439. AbstractDecreasing the number of people who must be vaccinated to immunize a community against an infectious disease could both save resources and decrease outbreak sizes. A k

Type of publication: Journal articles |
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