Seminars in Politics and Society
Seminars in Politics and Society
Seminars in Politics and Society Bruno Palier (Sciences Po Paris)
Politics and Society special lectures: Citizenship and welfare in a changing Europe "The Age of Dualization" abstract Inequality in most European societies has increased during the past decades. Contrary to those who claim that inequalities are primarily the result of economic trends and necessities, we show that policies matter. Rising inequality is not a direct result of…
Seminars in Politics and Society Rainer Bauböck (European University Institute)
Politics and Society special lectures: Citizenship and welfare in a changing Europe "Citizenship configurations: analysing the multiple purposes of citizenship regimes in Europe" Abstract This paper presents an analysis of the multiple purposes of citizenship regimes in 36 states in Europe. Previous studies on this topic suffer from two methodological deficits which lead to a…
Seminars in Politics and Society Anicia García Álvarez and Dayma Echevarría León (University of Havana)
"Economic reforms and social innovation in Cuba: the self-employment sector" abstract Over the last twenty years, Cuban government has prompted moderate market-oriented reforms in order to confront the severe crisis caused by the collapse of Socialist Block in Eastern Europe. This seminar focuses on reforms on employment structure and its consequences on Cuban society and economy.…
Seminars in Politics and Society Martin Rhodes (University of Denver)
"Coordination, cooperation and conflict: Employment policy responses to the crisis – and why they differ" Abstract The aim of this paper is to use the employment-labor market policy responses to the crisis of the last several years in Italy and Spain to understand these two countries’ capacity for coordinated policy-making and policy innovation. It tries…
Seminars in Politics and Society Monica Ferrin Pereira (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"Types of democrats in Europe. Hierarchy and differences" Abstract Democracy is one of the most problematic concepts in political science, as there is no agreement on how it should be defined and operationalised. Lack of consensus among the theorists has made it difficult to empirically undertake the study of democratic attitudes. In fact, although in the last years much…
Seminars in Politics and Society Ciara O’Dwyer (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"Unilateral consensus? Regulatory Negotiation in the Nursing Home Sector" abstract Over the last fifteen years, “regulatory negotiation”, whereby regulated firms and other stakeholders participate in the rule-making process, has gained popularity as part of the Better Regulation movement. Proponents argue that the process increases compliance rates and helps to ensure that the rules are written…
Seminars in Politics and Society Michael Biggs (Oxford University)
"Ethnic Composition and the Extreme Right: A Multilevel Analysis of Membership in the British National Party"
Seminars in Politics and Society Wendy Sigle-Rushton (London School of Economics and Political Science)
"Parental union dissolution and children's educational achievements in Norway: A within-family approach"
Seminars in Politics and Society Gianluca Manzo (CNRS-GEMASS, Paris, and University of Paris-Sorbonne)
"Housework Distribution in Dual-earner Couples: Modeling Individual Satisfaction and Interpersonal Comparisons "
Seminars in Politics and Society Lane Kenworthy (University of Arizona)
"Economic growth, social policy and poverty"
Seminars in Politics and Society Pepper Culpepper (European University Institute, Florence)
"Quiet Politics and Business Power"
Seminars in Politics and Society Daniela Grunow (University of Amsterdam)
"Time-out from work at the transition to motherhood. Policy and education effects in cross-national perspective."
Seminars in Politics and Society Francesco Billari (Bocconi University, Milan)
"The new nexus between well-being and fertility"
Seminars in Politics and Society Werner Eichhorst (Deputy Director of Labour Policy, Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn)
"Dualization in Bismarckian Labour Markets"
Seminars in Politics and Society Vanna Gonzales (Arizona State University)
"Governing Social Markets: What Impact on Service Quality among Third Sector Providers?"
Seminars in Politics and Society Margarita Estevez Abe (Maxwell School, Syracuse University)
"Married Women's Paid Work and Outsourcing of Domestic Work"
Seminars in Politics and Society Marco Casari (University of Bologna)
"The Coordination Value of Monetary Exchange: Experimental Evidence"
Seminars in Politics and Society Peter McDonald (Director of Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, The Australian National University)
"Reducing the effect of ageing on GDP per capita: demographic or economic strategies?"
Seminars in Politics and Society Evelyne Huber (University of North Carolina)
"Systems of social protection in Latin America and Southern Europe"
Seminars in Politics and Society Grzegorz Ekiert (Harvard University)
"The weakness post-communist civil societies reassessed"