Max Weber Programme Working Papers

Abstract: This paper questions dominant analyses about Libya’s present ‘war economy’ and ‘statelessness’, which are often deployed to explain the country’s…

Abstract: The end of the monopoly and the liberalization of the sector have seriously challenged the content and the quality of the programmes displayed on…

Abstract: European countries during the Great Recession had to deal with massive economic shocks, leading to a surge in employment insecurity. How was this…

Abstract: Much of the scholarship on Rousseau leads us to believe that Rousseau took either an exalted or an ambivalent view of nature, and that his political…

Abstract: In the last recession, the increase in long-term unemployment has been higher for younger workers than for older age groups. I propose a novel…

Abstract: The present foundations of contract law in Central Europe developed in a compound way, under a constant “center” – “peripheries” tension. In the 20th…

Abstract: Technological change has meant that university-educated workers have become crucial to the production strategies of ICT-intensive, high-end exporting…

Abstract: This paper is based on the analysis of 54 ego-centric network interviews conducted with migrants living in London and Toronto. With the backdrop that…