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Category Archives: Europe
Dec 21 2019
Greta does not need to be saved, she needs to be listened
Leave a commentBy Victoria Abi Saab and Miguel Angel Zhan Dai Through a comparaison with Malala Yusafzai, the authors aim to undertsand the campaign of demonisation and decredibilisation specifically targeted at another young activist, Greta Thunberg. First, the nature of their messages is … Continue reading
Posted by: December 21, 2019
Tagged with: Climate Change, elites, Greta Thunberg, Malala
Dec 11 2019
Why the European Stability Mechanism reform should be postponed
1 CommentBy Shahin Vallée, Jérémie Cohen-Setton, Paul De Grauwe and Sebastian Dullien. Eurozone finance ministers reached a preliminary agreement on a reform of the European Stability Mechanism in June, but failed to conclude it last week. The reform is now set to be discussed during the … Continue reading
Posted by: December 11, 2019
Tagged with: european mechanism stability, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis
Nov 25 2019
It’s Not the Left: Ideology and Protest Participation
Leave a commentBy Filip Kostelka & Jan Rovny Who participates in protests? Much literature assumes that economic left-leaning individuals are expected to protest more than right-leaning ones. However, Filip Kostelka and Jan Rovny question this assumption and suggests that there is no … Continue reading
Posted by: November 25, 2019
Tagged with: Central and Eastern Europe, cleavages, left wing politics, protest movements, protests
Nov 21 2019
Do political divides translate into social divides? Winners and losers of globalisation
Leave a commentBy Marc Helbling and Sebastian Jungkunz Over the years globalisation has led to major socio-political change that led to the emergence of a new cleavage between those who profit from it and those who suffer from the negative consequences thereof. Marc Helbling and Sebastian … Continue reading
Posted by: November 21, 2019
Tagged with: AFD, Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), far-right, globalisation, populism
Nov 8 2019
The roots of right-wing populism in Central and Eastern Europe: at the nexus of neoliberalism and the global culture wars
3 CommentsBy Elżbieta Korolczuk In their recent article in The Guardian, based on the forthcoming book The Light that Failed: The Reckoning Ivan Krastev and Steven Holmes claim that the current illiberal backlash in countries such as Poland and Hungary is best … Continue reading
Posted by: November 8, 2019
Tagged with: 1989, Central and Eastern Europe, Crisis, Democracy, globalisation, Liberal Democracy, Neoliberalism, populism, post-socialism, protests
Oct 21 2019
Whose freedom, and from what?: The child as cipher for a (transnational) politics of ‘traditional values’
Comments Off on Whose freedom, and from what?: The child as cipher for a (transnational) politics of ‘traditional values’By Maria Brock Awareness of increasing (and increasingly politicised) sentiment against so-called ‘gender ideology’ is spreading, and no longer merely confined to academic and activist circles. Indeed, while her work is considered notoriously inaccessible to those outside academe, Judith Butler, … Continue reading
Posted by: October 21, 2019
Tagged with: anti-gender, Children, education, Gender, Heteroactivism, LGBTQ
Jul 19 2019
The European elections generated real momentum for renewable energy – it’s time for MEPs to rise to the occasion
1 CommentBy Anar Ahmadov The EU has set a target of generating at least 20% of its total energy needs through renewables by 2020. Given the success of Green parties in May’s European Parliament elections, there is now real momentum in … Continue reading
Posted by: July 19, 2019
Tagged with: Energy, EU Regulation, Green Energy, green parties, renewable energy
Jun 27 2019
The European Periphery and the Eurozone Crisis
Comments Off on The European Periphery and the Eurozone CrisisBy Neil Dooley Nearly ten years on from the first Greek bailout, the countries of the eurozone periphery have exhibited markedly divergent recoveries. A popular narrative attributes the contrasting recoveries of Greece and Ireland to their divergent enthusiasm for following … Continue reading
Posted by: June 27, 2019
Tagged with: Bailout, debt, Eurozone crisis, Greece, Ireland
Apr 5 2019
Back to the roots: Why the UK should have a second referendum
2 CommentsBy Kilian Wirthwein and Fabian Ferrari Fifteen years after the failure to adopt the European Constitution of 2004, the European political landscape has changed dramatically. Although this represented a major setback on the path of European integration, it would have been hard to find someone so … Continue reading
Posted by: April 5, 2019
Tagged with: Brexit, British politics, Democracy, EU referendum, Legitimation, political legitimacy
Mar 20 2019
Europe in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Digital skills for education and society beyond crisis
Comments Off on Europe in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Digital skills for education and society beyond crisisBy Charalambos Tsekeris and Theodora Papaefthimiou This short article maintains that, in times of structural and persistent crisis, Europe needs to tackle the multiple challenges and existential fears by cultivating a strong and dynamical digital skills ecosystem, based on collective values and … Continue reading
Posted by: March 20, 2019
Tagged with: digital skills, digitalisaiton, education, media literacy