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The Manifesto Project Dataset is based on the content analysis of electoral programs from more than 900 parties in over 50 countries since 1945. The dataset is publicly available and one of the most influential datasets in research on political parties. The project Manifesto Research on Political Representation (MARPOR), situated at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and funded by the German Research Foundation, is responsible for updating and enhancing this popular dataset.

Changes in life courses, in modes of living, gender roles and family structures, and a globalized world – these are developments that influence the patterns of time. This conference will address the challenges for families in adapting to these changes. Speakers will be drawn from the three main groups within constituency of the ICCFR (International Commission on Couple and Family Relations): Policy, Therapy and Law. The ICCFR Community seeks new connections with students, academics and practitioners with expertise in the areas of its focus.

This discussion takes place within the colloquium series "Rethinking Law in a Global Context" that this summer semester focuses on "Law‘s Conception of Politics and Political Conceptions of Law".

Can social policies be both effective at reducing social problems and inequalities, and politically popular? For a long time, scholars have thought that universal social policies were more effective and more popular than policies targeted at the disadvantaged. Scholars have also documented tremendous variation in the extent to which social policies are broadly supported by public opinion, constituencies of beneficiaries, and vested stakeholders.

Lea Ypi is Associate Professor in Political Theory in the Government Department, London School of Economics, and Adjunct Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.