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24 September, 2013

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

Type of publication: Chapters | Bengtsson, T., K. Scott
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17 January, 2017

New initiative: Anxieties of Democracy

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

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25 January, 2017

Completed: Anxieties of democracy

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

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10 January, 2025

Changes in Immigrant Population Prevalence and High Violent Crime Rates in Swedish Municipalities

Journal of International Migration and Integration Abstract Global evidence indicates minimal connection between immigration and crime. Nordic research, however, has  been generally carried out on indiv

Type of publication: Journal articles | Sarnecki, Jerzy , Sofia Wikman, Lars Westfelt, My Lilja, Emy Bäcklin Beckley, Amber , Sofia Wikman, Lars Westfelt, My Lilja, Emy Bäcklin Mondani, Hernan , Sofia Wikman, Lars Westfelt, My Lilja, Emy Bäcklin Rostami, Amir , Sofia Wikman, Lars Westfelt, My Lilja, Emy Bäcklin
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28 August, 2015

Stefan Arora-Jonsson: What Competition Brings

Stefan Arora-Jonsson, Professor at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala universitet ABSTRACTCompetition is a ubiquitous feature of modern society, perhaps more so now than ever before. While com

Stefan Jonsson, Professor at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala universitet
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29 September, 2010

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

Type of publication: Working papers | Susan Kuivalainen and Kenneth Nelson
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10 January, 2014

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

Karin Halldén, Stockholm University
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17 September, 2013

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

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mood, Carina
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28 April, 2017

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

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tyllström, Anna , , Rodolphe Durand & Nina Granqvist
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25 February, 2020
Integration of youth in Sweden in a multidimensional perspective (SEMI)

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.

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