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 Populism Populism Research Social Criticism By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Developing a social enterprise devoted to democracy, deliberation and respect in a progressively hostile and indifferent environment: Experiences and observations of a social science trying to work in the eastern part of GermanyDeveloping a social enterprise devoted to democracy, deliberation and respect in a progressively hostile and indifferent environment: Experiences and observations of a social science trying to work in the eastern part of Germany Posted onDecember 20, 2023December 20, 2023 By Hans BloklandAs citizens increasingly lose trust in politics and society, it becomes more important than ever for state and civilian organizations … Continue ReadingDeveloping a social enterprise devoted to democracy, deliberation and respect in a progressively hostile and indifferent environment: Experiences and observations of a social science trying to work in the eastern part of Germany
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 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 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 Social Criticism By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Opportunists in Political Education for Democracy, Freedom and Respect: The Long Road of Democratization.Opportunists in Political Education for Democracy, Freedom and Respect: The Long Road of Democratization. Posted onDecember 18, 2020September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandIn 2020, Germany has been celebrating 30 years of German unification and 30 years of democracy, pluralism and respect in … Continue ReadingOpportunists in Political Education for Democracy, Freedom and Respect: The Long Road of Democratization.
Categoriesby Gabrielle Denman Social Criticism By Gabrielle DenmanLeave a comment on All the lonely people – the epidemic of loneliness and its consequencesAll the lonely people – the epidemic of loneliness and its consequences Posted onNovember 18, 2019September 18, 2023 By Gabrielle DenmanAs we walk the streets of our cities and pass by a stranger heading in the opposite direction, we often … Continue ReadingAll the lonely people – the epidemic of loneliness and its consequences
Categoriesby Jeanne Lenders Populism Social Criticism By Jeanne LendersLeave a comment on The Crisis of Masculinities – A Brief OverviewThe Crisis of Masculinities – A Brief Overview Posted onMay 10, 2018September 18, 2023 By Jeanne LendersThe so-called crisis of masculinity has drawn much attention and concern by politicians, academics, the public, and most dominantly, the … Continue ReadingThe Crisis of Masculinities – A Brief Overview
Categoriesby Sarah Coughlan Social Criticism By Sarah CoughlanLeave a comment on How The EU Referendum Campaign Poisoned The UK’s Political DiscourseHow The EU Referendum Campaign Poisoned The UK’s Political Discourse Posted onJune 27, 2016September 18, 2023 By Sarah CoughlanThe message on my phone said: “I’m so, so sorry”. That’s how I learnt that the UK had voted to … Continue ReadingHow The EU Referendum Campaign Poisoned The UK’s Political Discourse
Categoriesby Sarah Coughlan Social Criticism By Sarah CoughlanLeave a comment on How NYE Turned German Political Debate Upside DownHow NYE Turned German Political Debate Upside Down Posted onJune 3, 2016September 18, 2023 By Sarah CoughlanAt Social Science Works we seek to engage with contemporary political debate and offer solutions to its most pressing problems … Continue ReadingHow NYE Turned German Political Debate Upside Down
