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Lobbying for profits
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 countrie
New perspectives on the privatization of Swedish welfare
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.
Lena Wängnerud: Why Women’s Political Representation affect Levels of Corruption. Trends in Bribery and Public Service Delivery Across European Regions
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Lena Wängnerud, Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg. Her work involves t
#MeToo, Social Norms, and Sanctions
in: The Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 28:3, s. 273-295 (2020) In October 2017, following the Harvey Weinstein scandal, US actress Alyssa Milano called upon victims of sexual harassment to uni
David Sumpter: Reasons why we should NOT worry about fake news, echo chambers, filter bubbles and Cambridge Analytica
David Sumpter, Professor of Applied Maths at Uppsala University Abstract Much of the recent media reporting about social media has revolved around the potential dangers. Terms such as fake news, filter
