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Tag Archives: Europe
Apr 27 2013
Five minutes with William Outhwaite: “The chic ultra-right populism of Geert Wilders and others is certainly worrying”
Leave a commentTweet As part of our on-going Thinkers on Europe series, EUROPP’s editors Stuart A Brown and Chris Gilson spoke to Professor of Sociology William Outhwaite about the EU’s democratic deficit, the rise of the far-right, and whether sociologists should do more to engage with … Continue reading
Posted by: April 27, 2013
Tagged with: Europe, William Outhwaite
Apr 23 2013
Solving Europe’s fiscal problems will require a new approach to economic governance
Leave a commentTweet Robert D. Atkinson argues that Europe faces a quandary: the difficult fiscal straits most European nations face precludes “Keynesian” stimulus policies to spur demand. Yet austerity is a recipe for stagnation, even decline. But without austerity, budget deficits threaten the trust … Continue reading
Posted by: April 23, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, economics, Europe, Innovation
Mar 30 2013
The recent political history of Greece highlights the risk that the Euro might become unaffordable for the mass of Europeans
Leave a commentTweet The Greek MYPLACE team at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences reflect on the recent political history of Greece. They argue that the unfolding of the ‘Grexit’ discourse, which equates the common currency with recessionary austerity measures, holds important lessons … Continue reading
Posted by: March 30, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, Europe, Greece, MYPLACE
Mar 28 2013
Five minutes with Ulrich Beck: “Germany has created an accidental empire”
2 CommentsTweet Are 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 concept … Continue reading
Posted by: March 28, 2013
Tagged with: eu, Europe, European integration, Germany, Ulrich Beck
Mar 8 2013
Will ‘Eurosis’ condemn Britain to be an outsider looking in?
Leave a commentTweet The last two and a half years have seen the biggest change of Britain’s European policy in its four-decade membership of the European Union. In the first of a series of blogs on EU institutions and their history, Anthony Teasdale argues … Continue reading
Posted by: March 8, 2013
Tagged with: David Cameron, eu, Europe, UK
Feb 21 2013
An American perspective on the EU: The United States should work to ensure European stability
Leave a commentTweet Last month the advice from a senior US official that Britain should stay in the EU received widespread media attention. Katrina Kelly offers an analysis of the EU from an American perspective, suggesting that the future relationship between the US … Continue reading
Posted by: February 21, 2013
Tagged with: eu, Europe, euroscepticism, united states
Feb 20 2013
The power of Euromyths shows that there needs to be a more substantial effort to change the debate on the EU
2 CommentsTweet From bans on oddly shaped bananas and on children blowing up balloons, so-called euromyths have become a pervasive part of the media’s reporting of EU policies, Simon Usherwood takes an in-depth look at the place of euromyths in the public debate … Continue reading
Posted by: February 20, 2013
Tagged with: euromyths, Europe, euroscepticism
Feb 17 2013
Book Review: Habermas and European Integration: Social and Cultural Modernity Beyond the Nation-State
Leave a commentTweet Few thinkers have shaped social and political thought on the European question to the extent which Jürgen Habermas has in recent years. But with much of Habermas’s work on Europe found in his journalistic writings, there remains a need for … Continue reading
Posted by: February 17, 2013
Tagged with: Europe, European Union, Habermas, modernity
