April 2021 – Social Science Works

Giving a face to refugees: A story from Thessaloniki

April 17, 2021 by Stavroula Kapsogeorgi, refugees and integration No Comment 6 Views

According to European Commission statistics, more than two million people risked their lives since 2015 to reach Europe in search of safety from poverty and war. Most of the refugees came from different

Loneliness, unhappiness, consumerism and its political consequences: observations and

April 3, 2021 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Democratic Theory, Social Criticism No Comment 8 Views

Twenty years ago, the American political psychologist Robert E. Lane (1917 – 2017) published The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies (2000). In it, he showed that Westerners (and Americans in particular) were