Jim Butcher Many commentators and academics emphasised the importance of the working class vote to Leave in the 2016 referendum, some [...]
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Category "2019"
Sustainability, development and devastation: New encounters in Indigenous dialogues
Sara Ashencaen Crabtree, Jonathan Parker, Zanisah Man, Ali García Segura, and Olivia Sylvester According to the World Bank, indigenous people [...]
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Restoring A Cathedral, Erasing Empire: A Tale of Two Fires
Meghan Tinsley On 15 April 2019, a fire at Notre-Dame de Paris destroyed the building’s roof and spire, causing some €7 [...]
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FOCUS: Digital transgression and the changing nature of crime
Jakob Demant, Silje A. Bakken, Sidsel K. Harder, and Kathrine Elmose Societies have changed and so has the nature of crime. [...]
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Viewpoint: The Danish Welfare State – Securing the middle classes, leaving the poor behind
Peter Abrahamson Welfare state development in Denmark is paradoxical: we have experienced a continuous penalizing of marginalised people through a reduction [...]
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On the Frontline: Men in control and vulnerable women? Studying male and female prostitution in Denmark
Theresa Dyrvig Henriksen and Margaretha Järvinen In Denmark selling and buying sex is legal. Procuring or inducing others to sell sex [...]
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Policy and Politics: How not to conduct a consultation – and why asking the public is not always such a great idea
Agnes Batory This section of Discover Society is provided in collaboration with the journal, Policy and Politics. It is curated by [...]
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Think of Denmark
Claire Maxwell Think of Denmark. You think of the land of the Vikings, the land of high taxes, but also the [...]
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Migration and Civic Dialogue in Denmark – Is speaking Danish a precondition for integration?
Nicole Doerr The Danish government has recently cut spending for interpreting and translation services in hospitals making it harder for immigrants [...]
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Increasing child poverty in the Danish welfare state
Jørgen Elm Larsen Denmark is internationally known for its highly developed welfare state and for having low levels of inequality and [...]
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