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A welfare state for all generations
In a society there are always several generations co-existing and they all need different things from the welfare state. This result is a conflict between generations on who should be favored by publi by , Tommy Ferrarini, Kenneth Nelson and Joakim Palme.
Trust, social movements, and the state
Journal of Trust Research Abstract A large literature has developed around the concept of political trust, but what exactly political trust is remains ambiguous. Some studies present it as a narrower ev
Completed: Policy professionals in the welfare state
This project examines so called "policy professionals", people who are employed in order to affect policy and politics. What is the impact of them, rather than elected officials, gaining more influence over politics?
Säde Hormio: Individual emissions, equality and the state
Seminar with Säde Hormio, researcher in Practical Philosophy and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Helsinki. REGISTER Abstract The amount of greenhouse gases that can still be emitted to
CANCELLED! Cécile Laborde: Is the Liberal State Secular?
Cécile Laborde, Professor of Political Theory FBA, Nuffield Chair of Political Theory.ABSTRACTIn this talk, I ask whether liberal legitimacy requires secularism – or separation between state and relig

Säde Hormio: Individual emissions, equality and the state
Seminar with Säde Hormio, researcher in Practical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki. ABSTRACT The amount of greenhouse gases that can still be emitted to the atmosphere is very limited if global
Macroeconomics and age structure in a welfare state—Sweden 1946-2005
Pp. 51-95, Chapter 5 in: Demographic Change and Intergenerational Justice: The Implementation of Long-Term Thinking in the Political Decision Making Process, Jörg Chet Tremmel (ed.), Springer Verlag,
Middle-Class Precarity and the Re-Legitimation of the Welfare State
Professor Michael Shalev, Department of Sociology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem Seminars host is Stefan Svallfors. The seminars are free of charge and take place at 13.00–14.30 in the Institute’s semin
Rethinking the Green State: Environmental Governance toward Climate and Sustainability Transitions
London: Routledge This innovative book is one of the first to conduct a systematic comprehensive analysis of the ideals and practices of the evolving green state. It draws on elements of political theo
A Bedrock of Support? Trends in Welfare State Attitudes in Sweden, 1981–2010
Social Policy & Administration issn 0144–5596. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2011.00796.x. Vol. 45, No. 7, December 2011, pp. 806–825 AbstractThis article reports findings about Swedes’ attitudes toward