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04 April, 2025

Is it possible to reduce the number of prisoners without increasing crime? Lessons from California

Venue: The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm REGISTER > During Chesa Boudin's 2,5 years in office as San Francisco's elected district attorney, incarceration plummeted - the

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20 September, 2010

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

Type of publication: Working papers | Thandika Mkandawire
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11 January, 2016
Moa Bursell

Moa Bursell

I am a researcher in sociology and research leader at the Institute for Futures Studies. I am also teaching at the Department of Sociology, Stockholm University. I received my doctorate at Stockholm U

Associate Professor in Sociology and research leader at the Institute for Futures Studies
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15 April, 2019

The making of an egalitarian elite: school ethos and the production of privilege

The British Journal of Sociology 2019, Volume 70, Issue 2 Abstract Research on privilege and education often focuses on institutions that are elite in a rather traditional way, for example schools that i

Type of publication: Journal articles |
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