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10 November, 2021

Where Does Europe End? Christian Democracy and the Expansion of Europe

Journal of Common Market Studies Abstract In this article, we argue that an analysis of the conflict around the nature and limits of European integration that arose between Catholic and Protestant Chris

Type of publication: Journal articles | Hien, Josef , & Fabio Wolkenstein
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22 October, 2013

When Unionization Disappears: State-Level Unionization and Working Poverty in the U.S., 1991-2010

Professor David Brady, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin  Seminars host is Stefan Svallfors. The seminars are free of charge and take place at 13.00–14.30 in the Institute’s seminar room at Holländargatan 13,

Professor David Brady, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin
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19 December, 2016

Steffen Mau: The Metric We - On the Quantification of the Social

Steffen Mau is Professor of Macrosociology at Humboldt University of Berlin. ABSTRACTThe quantification of the social is a mega-trend transforming social relationships and reformatting social life. Be

Prof. Dr. Steffen Mau, Macrosociology at Humboldt University.
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16 January, 2017

The Origins and Maintenance of Female Genital Modification across Africa

Bayesian Phylogenetic Modeling of Cultural Evolution under the Influence of Selection Human Nature, 27(2), 173-200. DOI 10.1007/s12110-015-9244-5 Abstract We present formal evolutionary models for the oristratification appear to play a more important role in the cross-cultural distribution of FGMo. To explain these cases, one must consider cultural evolutionary explanations in conjunction with behavioral ecological ones.We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our study for policies designed to end the practice of FGMo.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Strimling, Pontus , , Ross, Cody T., Paige Ericksen, Karen, Lindenfors, Patrik & Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
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26 June, 2018

Social dominance orientation and climate change denial: The role of dominance and system justification

Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 86, pp. 108-111.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.05.041 Abstract Extending previous research, we examined whether the relation between social dominance orientat

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jylhä, Kirsti , & Nazar Akrami
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18 October, 2022

Culture and tax avoidance: the case of Italy

Critical Policy Studies, volume 15 Abstract Culture is increasingly used as an explanatory variable for tax evasion. So far, we know, however, little about the mechanisms that link culture and tax behav

Type of publication: Journal articles | Hien, Josef
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18 October, 2022

Josef Hien receives prize for his paper on culture and tax avoidance

Why are Italians so reluctant to pay taxes? This is what Josef Hien explores in his paper "Culture and tax avoidance: the Italian case" - for which he has now been awarded the2022 Herbert Gottweis Prize for Best Paper of 2021 by the Critical Policy Studies awards committee. 

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05 December, 2022

New study: This is why Italians are so unwilling to pay taxes

In Western Europe, Italy is at the top when it comes to tax evasion. In 2013, an estimated 27 percent of the entire tax revenue in Italy was evaded. What are the reasons for this? Political scientist ".

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15 April, 2025

The Tyranny of Political Correctness? A Game-Theoretic Model of Social Norms and Implicit Bias

Journal of Applied Philosophy Abstract This article sets out to describe and solve two puzzles that emerge in segregated labour markets (e.g. the USA or Sweden). First, in many hiring contexts people prqualification norm

Type of publication: Journal articles | Berndt Rasmussen, Katharina , Nicolas Olsson Yaouzis
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12 October, 2021

Utilitarianism without Moral Aggregation

Canadian Journal of Philosophy (2021), 51: 4, 256–269 Is an outcome where many people are saved and one person dies better than an outcome where the one is saved and the many die? According to the stan

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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