Conservatism as a distinctive political ideology was born out of Edmund Burke’s critique of the French revolution. Despite its significant influence in society and research, there exists no unified un

If a social scientific observer of the mid-1980s had been presented with a line-up of rich Western countries – say Germany, Sweden, the UK, France, the US – and asked to guess which of these countriesextent come from for-profit providers.

Burke, R., Cooper, C. & Field, J. (eds.) SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society, London: SAGE Publications Ltd.  (2013) doi: 10.4135/9781446269916

Location: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm If you plan to attend all or parts of the conference, please register by sending an e-mail to [email protected] Thursday Decem

Welcome to a One-Day Workshop at the Institute for Futures Studies in StockholmWhen:  25:th of September at 9.00–18.00Where: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, StockholmThis workshop ai

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

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

The main traits of the population geography of the Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistanare are outlined, and attempts are made to establish if par

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.