Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Democratic Theory Populism By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Taking people seriously: a new approach for countering populism and furthering integrationTaking people seriously: a new approach for countering populism and furthering integration Posted onMay 11, 2017September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandIn our deliberative democracy and integration projects[i] we treat our participants – natives as well as migrants – as citizens, … Continue ReadingTaking people seriously: a new approach for countering populism and furthering integration
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Project reports Urban Sociology and Tourism By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Rural Regeneration by Connecting Bigger Social SolutionsRural Regeneration by Connecting Bigger Social Solutions Posted onSeptember 28, 2016September 18, 2023 By Hans Blokland Complex social issues are often more easily resolved when they are connected up with other societal problems. Habitual approaches … Continue ReadingRural Regeneration by Connecting Bigger Social Solutions
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Deliberation Democratic Theory By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on How To Debate Values In A Diverse EuropeHow To Debate Values In A Diverse Europe Posted onApril 1, 2016September 17, 2023 By Hans BloklandWe need to talk. We need to talk about fundamental concepts like democracy, ethical and political pluralism, tolerance, equality and … Continue ReadingHow To Debate Values In A Diverse Europe
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Civil society Deliberation Democratic Theory Uncategorized By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Debating Values & Identity With Newcomers & European NativesDebating Values & Identity With Newcomers & European Natives Posted onMarch 3, 2016September 17, 2023 By Hans BloklandIn 2015, roughly 1,1 million refugees came to Germany. About 428,500 of these people are Syrians. Refugees from Iraq (13%) … Continue ReadingDebating Values & Identity With Newcomers & European Natives
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Democratic Theory Uncategorized By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Do People Know What They Want? Social Scientific ResponsesDo People Know What They Want? Social Scientific Responses Posted onNovember 10, 2015September 17, 2023 By Hans BloklandMarket and liberal democracy are both based on the assumption that individuals are the best possible referees of their personal … Continue ReadingDo People Know What They Want? Social Scientific Responses
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Democratic Theory Uncategorized By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Lessons From Political Science On Participation & DemocratizationLessons From Political Science On Participation & Democratization Posted onSeptember 28, 2015September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandIt is often assumed in social and political science that citizens should participate more in political structures and processes aimed … Continue ReadingLessons From Political Science On Participation & Democratization
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Science Criticism Uncategorized By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on What Do Education Scholars Know?What Do Education Scholars Know? Posted onAugust 4, 2015September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandSome time ago Martin Spiewak stated in the German quality-weekly Die Zeit that an awful lot of undisputed knowledge existed … Continue ReadingWhat Do Education Scholars Know?
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Science Criticism Uncategorized By Hans Blokland1 Comment on Are There Too Many PhDs?Are There Too Many PhDs? Posted onJuly 15, 2015September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandIn all OECD countries, but in particular in Germany, there seems to be an enormous overproduction of PhDs – in … Continue ReadingAre There Too Many PhDs?
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Science Criticism Uncategorized By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Academic Conferences Should Be OutlawedAcademic Conferences Should Be Outlawed Posted onJuly 7, 2015September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandIt’s conference season! Thousands and thousands of social scientists are flying around to visit conferences. The American Sociological Association gathers … Continue ReadingAcademic Conferences Should Be Outlawed
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Science Criticism Uncategorized By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Economists Looking For GodEconomists Looking For God Posted onJune 22, 2015September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandA science is not called a discipline by coincidence: its students are actively and deliberately disciplined to think and behave … Continue ReadingEconomists Looking For God