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Category Archives: Five Minutes with…
May 13 2013
Five minutes with Theda Skocpol: “Even those on the American centre-left are now viewing Europe in a negative sense because of austerity”
Leave a commentShould the organisations of the state be seen as independent actors, or are they simply reflective of groups within society? EUROPP’s editors spoke to Theda Skocpol about her contribution to ‘state theory’ and the effect of European integration on EU … Continue reading
Posted by: May 13, 2013
Tagged with: climate change, populism, state theory, Tea Party, Thinkers on Europe
Apr 23 2013
Five minutes with Jeffrey C. Alexander: “Southern European countries are not just experiencing an economic crisis, but also an identity crisis”
1 CommentIs there a ‘dark side’ to European modernity? As part of our ‘Thinkers on Europe’ series, EUROPP’s editors Stuart A Brown and Chris Gilson spoke to Jeffrey C. Alexander about his views on modernity, the European integration process, and the … Continue reading
Posted by: April 23, 2013
Tagged with: culture, democracy, modernity, symbols, Thinkers on Europe
Apr 11 2013
Five minutes with Michael Mann: “Globalisation has never been a singular process; it’s always been a multiple one”
1 CommentHow do we conceptualise processes of globalisation, and what impact does European integration have on nation states? As part of our on-going ‘Thinkers on Europe’ series, EUROPP’s editors spoke to Michael Mann about his view of globalisation, the effect of … Continue reading
Posted by: April 11, 2013
Tagged with: European integration, far right, five minutes with, globalisation, Thinkers on Europe
Mar 25 2013
Five minutes with Ulrich Beck: “Germany has created an accidental empire”
14 CommentsAre we now living in a German Europe? In an interview with EUROPP editors Stuart A Brown and Chris Gilson, Ulrich Beck discusses German dominance of the European Union, the divisive effects of austerity policies, and the relevance of his … Continue reading
Posted by: March 25, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, five minutes with, Germany, modernity, risk, Thinkers on Europe
Feb 13 2013
Five minutes with Marta Andreasen, UKIP MEP for South East England – “UKIP could do more to attract women if they respected the women that they have”
2 CommentsThe United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) gained the second largest share of the UK’s vote in the 2009 European Parliamentary elections. In an interview with EUROPP’s editors, UKIP MEP and former Accountant of the European Commission, Marta Andreasen, discusses the … Continue reading
Posted by: February 13, 2013
Tagged with: European Commission, European elections, euroscepticism, UK, UKIP
Feb 9 2013
Five minutes with Colin Crouch: “A post-democratic society is one that continues to have and to use all the institutions of democracy, but in which they increasingly become a formal shell”
2 CommentsWhile many observers have pointed to signs of malaise within liberal democracies, the political sociologist Colin Crouch has argued that we are in fact witnessing a transition towards a post-democratic society. In this article British Politics and Policy Managing Editor Mark Carrigan talks … Continue reading
Posted by: February 9, 2013
Tagged with: democracy, five minutes with, Thinkers on Europe
