City Sociology

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Details of 2019 European Social Survey conference announced

The 4th International ESS Conference – Turbulent times in Europe: Instability, insecurity and inequality – will take place at the University of Mannheim in Germany on 24-26 April 2019.

Stefan Swift • March 29, 2018

The Jeremy Tunstall Global Media Research Centre continued its seminar series this week with Jean Chalaby and Steve Plunkett

On Wednesday the 21st of March, Jean Chalaby, Professor, City, University of London, and Steve Plunkett, Chief Technology Officer, Ericson, gave the following talk.   Title: Value chain modularity and supplier strategy: the case of media delivery GVC in IP-based broadcasting   Abstract: This paper analyses the changes in the media delivery chain brought by the advent of…

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Michael Saker • March 23, 2018

New article – Simon Susen (2018) ‘The Seductive Force of “Noumenal Power”: A New Path (or Impasse) for Critical Theory?’, Journal of Political Power, 11(1), pp. 4–45.

Click for more information. 50 free eprints.  The main purpose of this paper is to examine Rainer Forst’s account of ‘noumenal power’. Forst’s proposal for a revised ‘critical theory of power’ is firmly embedded in his philosophical understanding of ‘the right to justification’. Whereas the latter has been extensively discussed in the secondary literature, the…

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Simon Susen • March 21, 2018

First Spanish Congress announced

The Spanish National Committee of the European Social Survey (ESS) has announced that its first Spanish Congress event will be held in Madrid during September 2018.

Stefan Swift • March 5, 2018

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