Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Interviews with refugees Social Criticism By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Indifference to refugees in Germany: observations and explanationsIndifference to refugees in Germany: observations and explanations Posted onJanuary 25, 2024January 25, 2024 By Hans BloklandSince 2022, Social Science Works has published a large number of interviews with refugees in Germany. There were several motives … Continue ReadingIndifference to refugees in Germany: observations and explanations
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Project reports Social Criticism By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Social media are useless for civic and political participation: experiences with a project in GermanySocial media are useless for civic and political participation: experiences with a project in Germany Posted onSeptember 29, 2023September 29, 2023 By Hans BloklandThe political participation of young people in general and rural youth in particular is not optimal. Consequently, they are underrepresented … Continue ReadingSocial media are useless for civic and political participation: experiences with a project in Germany
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Democratic Theory By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Resisting democratic decline: deliberation and some lessons from Germany and beyondResisting democratic decline: deliberation and some lessons from Germany and beyond Posted onMay 11, 2023March 15, 2024 By Hans BloklandDemocracies around the world seem to lose appeal for growing numbers of citizens. Partly explaining this trend, citizens seem less … Continue ReadingResisting democratic decline: deliberation and some lessons from Germany and beyond
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Democratic Theory By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Politics is no Match for Business: Charles Lindblom, Elon Musk and the Privileged Position of BusinessPolitics is no Match for Business: Charles Lindblom, Elon Musk and the Privileged Position of Business Posted onApril 13, 2022September 17, 2023 By Hans BloklandThe interplay between Elon Musk and the social democratic government in Brandenburg, where Tesla recently opened a Giga factory, illustrates … Continue ReadingPolitics is no Match for Business: Charles Lindblom, Elon Musk and the Privileged Position of Business
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Project reports By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Plattelandsjongeren, Politieke Participatie en Sociale Media: Ervaringen met een Project in Duitsland.Plattelandsjongeren, Politieke Participatie en Sociale Media: Ervaringen met een Project in Duitsland. Posted onNovember 23, 2021September 17, 2023 By Hans BloklandDe politieke participatie van jongeren in het algemeen en die van jongeren op het platteland in het bijzonder is niet … Continue ReadingPlattelandsjongeren, Politieke Participatie en Sociale Media: Ervaringen met een Project in Duitsland.
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Democratic Theory Social Criticism By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Charles Lindblom on the Market, Elites, Inequality and our Inability to Think ClearCharles Lindblom on the Market, Elites, Inequality and our Inability to Think Clear Posted onJune 22, 2021September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandCharles Lindblom (1917 – 2017), one of the most important political scientists of the twentieth century, published in 2000 The … Continue ReadingCharles Lindblom on the Market, Elites, Inequality and our Inability to Think Clear
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Democratic Theory Urban Sociology and Tourism By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Planning a future together: Could Eisenhüttenstadt use some deliberative democracy?Planning a future together: Could Eisenhüttenstadt use some deliberative democracy? Posted onJune 1, 2021September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandPolitical communities occasionally come to crossroads where fundamental, far-reaching decisions must be made. At such times, it can enhance the … Continue ReadingPlanning a future together: Could Eisenhüttenstadt use some deliberative democracy?
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Democratic Theory Social Criticism By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Loneliness, unhappiness, consumerism and its political consequences: observations and predictions of Robert E. LaneLoneliness, unhappiness, consumerism and its political consequences: observations and predictions of Robert E. Lane Posted onApril 3, 2021September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandTwenty years ago, the American political psychologist Robert E. Lane (1917 – 2017) published The Loss of Happiness in Market … Continue ReadingLoneliness, unhappiness, consumerism and its political consequences: observations and predictions of Robert E. Lane
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Deliberation Populism Project reports Research By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Angry, but not bad people on the Brandenburg countrysideAngry, but not bad people on the Brandenburg countryside Posted onJune 5, 2019September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandWe are in a small town in rural Brandenburg and talk for two days with 32 long-term unemployed people. Most … Continue ReadingAngry, but not bad people on the Brandenburg countryside
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Deliberation Project reports Research By Hans BloklandTalking straight to youngsters in Hamburg Posted onMay 7, 2019September 17, 2023 By Hans BloklandWe are in a less affluent part from Hamburg for a two-day Workshop. About 70% of our 32 participants have … Continue ReadingTalking straight to youngsters in Hamburg
