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  2. 1. Thinking Doing : The Politicisation of Thoughtless Action

    Author : Alexandra Segerberg; Bo Lindensjö; Diane Sainsbury; Christine Chwaszcza; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Action; Political action; Collective action; Hannah Arendt; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Scholarly disputes about the concept of political action commonly centre on what can be regarded as political. By contrast, Hannah Arendt suggests that the concept of action itself is an equally significant component and consequently bids us to ‘think what we are doing’. READ MORE

  4. 2. Collective Autonomy in the European Union : Theoretical, Comparative and Cross-border perspectives on the Legal Regulation of Collective Bargaining

    Author : Andrea Iossa; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; collective autonomy; collective laissez-faire; collective bargaining; Italy; Sweden; industrial relations; European labour law; comparative labour law; collective labour rights; cross-border economic freedoms; freedom of establishment; posting of workers; decentralisation of collective bargaining; cross-border collective bargaining; cross-border collective action; komparativ rätt; arbetsrätt; EU-rättt; sverige; italien;

    Abstract : ‘Collective Autonomy in the European Union’ explores the question of collective autonomy by investigating the relationship between collective bargaining and legal regulation and its current evolution in the national contexts and in the EU internal market. The thesis aims at achieving a comprehensive understanding of the notion, function and exercise of collective autonomy and collective bargaining, and it argues that collective autonomy and collective bargaining in contemporary Europe present challenges that alter their basic features. READ MORE

  5. 3. Collective Action Among Shareholder Activists

    Author : Andreas Jansson; Karin Jonnergård; Matts Kärreman; Morten Huse; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; shareholder activism; collective action; minority shareholders; corporate governance; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Ekonomistyrning; Ekonomistyrning;

    Abstract : This study addresses the problem of explaining the emergence and viability of coalitions among shareholder activists. The formation of coalitions for purposes of shareholder activism is generally unexpected from a theoretical perspective. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on the collective action dilemma of vaccination

    Author : Rafael Ahlskog; Sven Oskarsson; Vernby Kåre; Michael Bang Petersen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; vaccines; collective action; democracy; rationality; altruism; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : Vaccines famously possess positive externalities that make them susceptible to the collective action dilemma: when I get vaccinated, I protect not only myself, but also those who I might otherwise have infected. Thus, some people will have an incentive to free ride on the immunity of others. READ MORE

  7. 5. Voluntary Coercion. Collective Action and the Social Contract

    Author : Magnus Jiborn; Praktisk filosofi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; convention.; evolutionary stability; equilibrium; Assurance game; Prisoner s Dilemma; evolutionary game theory; game theory; collective action; Social contract; Systematic philosophy; ethics; aesthetics; metaphysics; epistemology; ideology; Praktisk filosofi; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi;

    Abstract : This work provides a game theoretical analysis of the classical idea of a social contract. According to what we might call the Hobbesian justification of the state, coercion is necessary in order to provide people with basic security and to enable them to successfully engage in mutually beneficial cooperation. READ MORE