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I have just been to a conference on degrowth (this one: http://leipzig.degrowth.org/en/) - and left somewhat confused. On the one hand, degrowth is presented as an academic approach with...
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Lately, I came across a series of job offers that included teaching of courses like "Theory of Sociology" - both pointing to the "classics" and to contemporary theories, sometimes mixed, sometimes...
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I am planning to do a little (maybe not so little) research concerning the influence of academic and non-academic publications (separated, if possible) on policy. In my case, I care about the...
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There is quite a series of theories on social movements in Latin America, most of them inspired by the european and US-american context. What theory or what combination of theories has/have proven...
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