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A basic income for all: crazy or essential?
OUPblog, Oxford University Press’s Academic Insights for the Thinking World. Shouldn’t society provide a safety net for all in modern society? The radical idea of ensuring a regular stream of cash paym
Where there is trust, there is testing
In the US, levels of Covid-19 testing have varied greatly between states. But there seems to be a pattern. According to a new study by Malcolm Fairbrother, researcher at Institute for Futures Studies, , states with high levels of social trust and social capital performs more Covid-19 tests.
The World Population in Historical Perspective
Burke, R., Cooper, C. & Field, J. (eds.) SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society, London: SAGE Publications Ltd. (2013) doi: 10.4135/9781446269916
The Nordic Welfare Model in a European Perspective
From a comparative point of view the Nordic countries have succeeded well in terms of poverty alleviation; however, last-resort safety-nets are changing. This study analyses central dimensions of Nord
Gender Essentialism in Cross-National Perspective
Karin Halldén, Stockholm University The “gender revolution” is a half-century old, yet gender inequality and segregation remain more resistant to change than many forms of racial and class inequality. W
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
From Categories to Categorization: A Social Perspective on Market Categorization
Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Volume 51, 2017 Abstract The popularity of research into categories has grown in recent decades and shows no sign of abating. This introductory article takes
Integration of youth in Sweden in a multidimensional perspective (SEMI)
How is the integration among youth developing? This project will study different dimensions of integration among 14-22-year-olds in Sweden.
Sibling similarity in income: A life course perspective
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, vol. 78 Abstract Sibling similarity in income is a measure of the omnibus effect of family and community background on income. We estimate sibling similar
Ideas, Institutions and Reasoning: A Cognitive Perspective on History and Institutions
Professor Sven Steinmo, Department of Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute Seminars host is Stefan Svallfors. The seminars are free of charge and take place at 13.00–14.30 in th
