Population Aging and the Generational Economy The American magazine Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries has chosen the book Population Aging and the Generational Economy(eds: Ronald Lee, Andrew

International Journal of Sociology Abstract The study aims to explore whether gendered family roles in the country of origin and the country of destination explain labor market outcomes for immigrants i

Professor Larry Temkin, a prominent figure within moral philosophy, is retiring. His career was celebrated at a conference at Rutgers University by a number of notable speakers and participants. Our d

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Chapter 23 Intergenerational redistribution in Sweden’s public and privat sectors By the book here: http://www.e-elgar.com/Print_product_detail.lasso?id=13816 Population Aging and the Generational Econom

Erik Olin Wright, a Marxist sociologist with a focus on the complexities of social classes and inequalities of contemporary capitalism, died from acute myeloid leukemia on January 23 in Milwaukee. He

Completed: Climate ethics and future generations

What should the current generation do about climate change when our decisions do not only affect how future generations will live, but also who and how many people will exist?

The Institute for Futures Studies (IF), Stockholm, is appointing one or two researchers (sociologist/social scientist) to the projects: YOUNG: Children’s living conditions in a changing society: SocioeYOUNGWORK: Early labour market outcomes of young adults

New year and new exciting projects! One of them is named Anxieties of Democracy, which will investigate in what ways representative democracy may be said to be in crisis, to explain why this is so, and

Is representative democracy in crisis? If so, in what ways and how is it possible to strengthen it?