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The Report of Country Case Methodology (D3.1)  lays the empirical and conceptual foundation for CO3’s next phase — detailed country analyses (D3.2, D3.3) and cross-European syntheses. It demonstrates how integrating historical depth , digital ethnography , and collaborative comparative methods  can illuminate the complex realities of Europe’s social contracts. The Report of Country Case Methodology (Deliverable 3.1) was written by Annika Teppo and Mats Hyvönen, with contribut

The Report on the deep roots of the social contract of the research project CO3 - COntinuous COnstruction of resilient social COntracts through societal transformations (deliverable D2.2) provides an overview of the impact and legacy of empires and authoritarian regimes on European Social Contracts. The report was written by André Caiado, Vanda Amaro Dias, Cristiano Gianolla, Daniela Nascimento, Gustavo García-López, Rui Carvalho, and other CO3 Consortium partners (country ca

This contribution pursues two main objectives: (i) Providing a general roadmap of the history of social contract theories, distinguishing its main phases, based on recent scholarship; (ii) Proposing a mapping of the different options along several dimensions that are constitutive of the CO3 project: democratic/undemocratic; continuous/one shot; empirically sensitive/a priori; inclusive/exclusive; and the kind of theories of justice they promote. This report is written by Nath

The CO3 project focuses on researching social contracts in a time of geopolitical turmoil marked by growing political and affective polarisation, the ecological and climate crises, the rise of populism, the decay of Welfare States, intense technology politics driven by the rapid advancement of digital technologies and most recently, trade wars. This framework is a transition point between our theoretical and historical analysis and our empirical research. It was written by An

This document provides a detailed exploration of social contract theories, tracing their evolution from classical foundations to contempo...