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Tag Archives: European Public Sphere
Nov 27 2013
The Limits of the European Public Sphere
Comments Off on The Limits of the European Public SphereBy Francisco Seoane Pérez The proverbial distance between European Union institutions and European citizens has been attributed by political leaders and scholars alike to a ‘communications gap’, that is, to the way EU affairs are mediated by the news media, … Continue reading
Posted by: November 27, 2013
Tagged with: communications gap, Democracy, European identity, European Public Sphere, Euroscepticism, network ethnography, Press
Aug 20 2013
Emerging Themes from the First Six Months of Euro Crisis in the Press
Comments Off on Emerging Themes from the First Six Months of Euro Crisis in the PressBy the Editorial Team The Euro Crisis in the Press blog began as part of a wider LSE-based research project on media representations of the Euro crisis across European states. The aim of the blog has been to provide a … Continue reading
Posted by: August 20, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, Blame, blog highlights, Crisis, Cyprus, European identity, European Public Sphere, European Union, Eurozone crisis, Freedom of the press, Journalism, media, Media Systems, Public Sphere
Jun 5 2013
Belonging and entitlement – Britain’s ‘ethnic majority’ and the rise of UKIP
7 CommentsBy Michael Skey The UK Independence Party’s electoral success is underwritten by dissatisfaction with the major parties in the British political landscape. Michael Skey explores the factors accounting for the popularity of UKIP. He points out that the party’s high … Continue reading
Posted by: June 5, 2013
Tagged with: BNP, Ethnic majority, European Public Sphere, Euroscepticism, Tory, UKIP, UKKippers
May 31 2013
Managing the Crisis through Secrecy?
Comments Off on Managing the Crisis through Secrecy?By Outi Keranen Transparency and access to information in crisis-ridden Europe have become sparse currency. While Brussels aims to tackle tax evasion through openness and more effective exchange of information, the uninvestigated claims of money laundering in Cyprus and the … Continue reading
Posted by: May 31, 2013
Tagged with: Accountability, European Public Sphere, Finnish politics, Greco-Finnish, Information, Transparency
May 4 2013
Symbols, Trauma and European Identity
1 CommentEUROPP’s editors Stuart A Brown and Chris Gilson in conversation with Jeffrey C. Alexander about his views on modernity, the European integration process, and the importance of cultural and political symbols to European democracy. You’ve written about the ‘dark side’ of modernity. … Continue reading
Posted by: May 4, 2013
Tagged with: Crisis, European identity, European Public Sphere, Symbols
Apr 15 2013
Do Europeans share a common image of Europe?
5 CommentsBy Max Hänska What is Europe? What is this Crisis about? Through history there have been multiple images of Europe, nourished by different histories, experiences and political imperatives. The current crisis reveals some of the fault lines between these images. … Continue reading
Posted by: April 15, 2013
Tagged with: Contested, European identity, European Public Sphere, European Union, history, prosperity
Mar 22 2013
The Politics of Blame
15 CommentsBy Max Hänska When things go wrong someone is blamed. Throughout the current crisis there have been several convenient scapegoats: the EU itself, southern European countries and Germany, among others. Passing the buck is an all too familiar rhetorical strategy, … Continue reading
Posted by: March 22, 2013
Tagged with: Blame, European, European Public Sphere, European Union, Martin Schulz, Press, Scapegoating, Stereotypes
Mar 18 2013
Reactions to the Cypriot Bailout across the European Press
2 CommentsBy Max Hänska, Outi Keranen, Maria Kyriakidou, Jose Olivas and Roberto Orsi. Greek Press The dramatic developments with regard to the bailout of Cyprus have dominated the Greek press since the news of the savings levy broke. The focus of the … Continue reading
Posted by: March 18, 2013
Tagged with: Cyprus bail-out plan, Cyprus deposits haircut, Eurogroup decision on Cyprus, European Public Sphere, Press
Mar 11 2013
What Language for What Europe?
4 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi In his discourse about Europe and the European project pronounced on 22nd February 2013 at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin, German Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck has articulated his view on the future development of the European polity, reinstating … Continue reading
Posted by: March 11, 2013
Tagged with: Common Language, European, European Public Sphere, European Union, Gauck, German, Habermas, Jürgen Gerhards, Language, Mustafa Kemal, Public Sphere, Umberto Eco
Mar 7 2013
Grillo’s ‘threat’ and the Spanish press
2 CommentsBy Jose Javier Olivas The Italian general elections took place ten days ago. The divided results and the relatively unexpected success of Berlusconi’s The People of Freedom Coalition (29.1% of votes) and Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement (25.5% of votes) … Continue reading
Posted by: March 7, 2013
Tagged with: ABC, anti-politics, Election, Euro, European Public Sphere, European Union, Grillo, Journalism, Mundo, Pais, Periodico, populism, Press, Vanguardia