Briitta van Staalduinen
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Briitta van Staalduinen
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the politics of shifting status hierarchies in the knowledge economy , current postdoc @ university of konstanz , incoming asst prof of politics @ oberlin
love a theoretical framework but try to also give my students concrete examples of what a welfare state can 'feel' like

below the contents of the "motherhood package" (äitiyspakkaus) given to mothers (incl. those adopting) in Finland

www.kela.fi/documents/d/...
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
1st article from my dissertation is out in Perspectives today!!

two takeaways: a) knowledge economy 'winners' may not be subject to status loss but they sure care about status preservation & b) this is consequential for their attitudes re: immigration & diversity.

Thnx 2 all along this journey!!
October 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
a piece that has aged like fine wine. 30 years from post-socialism to post-neoliberalism and the dilemma remains, if not in an even knottier form

Nancy Fraser's "From redistribution to recognition? Dilemmas of justice in a 'post-socialist' age" from 1995

newleftreview.org/issues/i212/...
May 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
in light of exchange re: the role of gender and mobilization in the US election, wanted to share our recent CPS article @dpzollinger.bsky.social in which we use European survey data to test expectations about progressive voters based on gender and upward mobility. our findings suggest that,
April 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM