Social science, like all other sciences, is supposed to explore the substance below the surface of things. However, populism discourse in general is stuck on the surface, focusing on style, outlook and appearance.

1928-1932 : ethnic nation and Social Democratic consolidation -- Making the "people's home," 1945-1950 -- 1968-1975 : security, equality and choice : expanding the people's home -- 1991-1995 : people's home no longer? : the breakdown of the miraculous welfare machine -- The end of Social...

Interpersonal relations are shaped by the judgements associated with the social categories that individuals perceive in their social contacts. I develop a model of how those judgments form based on a theory of symbolic values. The model depicts the interaction between two values, one associated...