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[Reissue] New York: Routledge. Throughout the chapters, the author assesses how, in an explosive economic and political context, people's emotional lives intermingle with a tourism industry that has fo

Modern Vikings in the East. Sweden’s Role in 1990’s Russian Economic Reforms: Institutions, Elite Networks, and Informal Practices

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The Mimir Center for Long Term Futures Research

A research environment at IFFS with a mission to carry out world leading, rigorous academic basic research on issues regarding the long-term future of civilization.

The Future as a Political Idea - Professor Jonathan White

Introduction to Jonathan White's new book In the Long Run: the Future as a Political Idea. A revealing history of the future as a political idea, from the Enlightenment to the current climate crisis.

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Place: At the Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online. Ilja Viktorov, researcher at the Department of Economic History and International Relations, Stockholm University. RE

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Jonathan White, Professor of Politics, London School of Economics. -- Please note that thi