Seminars in Politics and Society
Seminars in Politics and Society
Seminars in Politics and Society Marcy Carlson (University of Wisconsin)
"Fathers Unequal: U.S. Men as Partners and Parents in an Era of Rapid Family Change" Abstract While major changes in U.S. family demography—and their growing divergence by socioeconomic status—have received notable attention, less well understood is the extent to which the nature and implications of family change may differ between men and women, mothers and…
Seminars in Politics and Society Sebastien Lechevalier (CRJ-EHESS, Paris)
"Revisiting cross-national variations in preference for redistribution. Attitudes to inequalities, social beliefs, and welfare systems" abstract There are significant differences across countries in terms of redistribution by the government and they may correspond to underlying dissimilarities in preference for redistribution across the population of these countries. In particular, previous literature has compared the US and…
Seminars in Politics and Society David Coen (UCL)
"Lobbying the EU"
Seminars in Politics and Society Nicole Scicluna (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"Journey to the centre of the EU: Does Europe have a core, and does it matter?" abstract What kind of ‘core’, if any, does Europe have? This question has gained new urgency in light of the EU’s ongoing crises, which are reshaping the integration project and leading to a renewal of political discourses around the…
Seminars in Politics and Society Klaus Armingeon (Universität Bern)
"Choosing the Path of Austerity: How Policy Coalitions ShapeWelfare-policy Choices in Periods of Fiscal Consolidation" Abstract This paper focuses on the effect of fiscal adjustment programs on public social expenditures.We show that budget consolidations are generally associated with welfare state retrenchment.But do the partisan complexion and the type of government condition the extent to which…
Seminars in Politics and Society Pepper Culpepper (EUI)
"Structural Power and Bank Bailouts in the United Kingdom and the United States"
Seminars in Politics and Society Michael Tahlin (SOFI, Stockholm University)
"Why is youth employment falling? A comparative analysis of skill matching and labor demand in Europe" abstract Youth employment has fallen in many countries in recent decades. How can this development be explained? Potentially important causes include economic recessions, long-term losses of labor demand, upgrading of job structures, educational expansion, and changes in skill matching…
Seminars in Politics and Society Olivier Thevenon (INED, Paris)
"Do “Institutional Complementaries” Foster Female Labour Force Participation?" Abstract I analyse the response of female labour force participation to policies supporting the work-life balance, with country-level data from the early 1980s for 18 OECD countries. It includes an original analysis of interactions and complementarity between different policy measures, as well as of potential variations in…
Seminars in Politics and Society Piero Tortola (Centro Studi sul Federalismo)
"Multi-level governance: A conceptual analysis"
Seminars in Politics and Society Bruno Contini (University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"Disposable workforce, long-term employment out-of the labor force or irregular work? Discovering the pathologies of the Italian labor market"
Seminars in Politics and Society Karin Gottshall (Bremen)
"Still the best of all worlds? Varieties of public employment transformation in Germany, France and Sweden"
Seminars in Politics and Society Arlie Hochschild (UC Berkeley)
"Identity, Emotional Boundaries and Politics" (at Campus Luigi Einaudi, Lungo Dora Siena 100 – Torino, Sala Lauree Blu)
Seminars in Politics and Society Heike Solga (WZB Berlin Social Science Center)
"The impact of competencies and certificates on labor market outcomes in advanced societies"
Seminars in Politics and Society Sven Steinmo (EUI)
"Bringing People Back In: Institutions, History and Culture?"
Seminars in Politics and Society Peter Scholten (Rotterdam)
"The politics of migrant integration: recent trends in Europe"
Seminars in Politics and Society Jill Rubery (Manchester Business School)
"From women and recession to women and austerity"
Seminars in Politics and Society Tiziana Caponio (University of Torino)
"Competing Frames of Immigrant Integration in the EU: geographies of social inclusion in Italian regions"
Seminars in Politics and Society Klaus Armingeon (Bern)
"Germany: The trading state unleashed"
Seminars in Politics and Society Francesco Giudici (IULM)
"Gendered occupational shifts in the transition to parenthood: The influence of personal networks"
Seminars in Politics and Society Pier Luigi Sacco (IULM)
"Culture 3.0: from cultural spillovers to socially embedded cultural participation. The cultural welfare perspective"