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Category Archives: Henry Radice
Jul 21 2017
The Conflicting Identity Politics of Brexit
Comments Off on The Conflicting Identity Politics of BrexitBy Henry Radice So far, for many people, the experience of Brexit appears to be one of real individual anxiety and pain set against a prospective, and increasingly unlikely, collective gain. This is the case for both non-British EU citizens … Continue reading
Posted by: July 21, 2017
Tagged with: Brexit, Conflict, Cosmopolitanism, identity, identity politics, Referendum, Remain
Oct 20 2016
Democracy Between Compromise and Control
Comments Off on Democracy Between Compromise and ControlBy Henry Radice The slogan ‘take back control’ was widely credited as a key factor in the UK’s vote to leave the EU on June 23rd. That vote revealed many cleavages in how we understand our democracy. One significant one … Continue reading
Posted by: October 20, 2016
Tagged with: Borders, Brexit, control, Referendum
Jun 9 2016
Will The Real Project Fear Please Stand Up?
Comments Off on Will The Real Project Fear Please Stand Up?By Henry Radice This is the second in a series of pre-referendum opinion pieces, Defenestrations: (Un)Framing the EU Referendum Debate. The first one addressed the issue of the referendum itself, and attracted a powerful rejoinder from Roberto Orsi. One of … Continue reading
Posted by: June 9, 2016
Tagged with: Brexit, EU referendum, Project Fear, Sarah Wollaston
May 6 2016
Defenestrations: (Un)Framing the EU Referendum Debate, Part I
Comments Off on Defenestrations: (Un)Framing the EU Referendum Debate, Part IBy Henry Radice Observing (full disclosure: from the perspective of a strong supporter of Remain) the politics of the UK’s upcoming EU referendum, a number of problematic framings of the question of British membership of the EU appear relevant to … Continue reading
Posted by: May 6, 2016
Tagged with: Democracy, Donald Trump, populism, Referendum
Apr 24 2015
On the Borderlands of Humanity
3 CommentsBy Henry Radice The current crisis in the Mediterranean reminds us of what should be an obvious truth, but is too frequently forgotten: the European Union (EU) is a humanitarian space or it is nothing. If there are any criteria according … Continue reading
Posted by: April 24, 2015
Tagged with: asylum, frontex, humanitarian space, humanitarianism, immigration, mare nostrum, migration, refugees
Nov 11 2014
Time for the 89ers to Defend Europe
6 CommentsBy Henry Radice On the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the familiar rituals of remembrance feel particularly poignant in a year marking the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, yet itself scarred by a grim … Continue reading
Posted by: November 11, 2014
Tagged with: Berlin Wall, David Cameron, Euro crisis, European identity, European integration, European Union, Euroscepticism, frames, framing, Nigel Farage, populism, Remembrance Day
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
Aug 15 2013
Why Everyone Deserves a Holiday from the Euro Crisis
1 CommentBy Henry Radice In Britain, it is called the silly season. As July languorously turns to August, even the broadsheets fill their pages with human interest stories and discussions of political leaders’ holiday destinations. In reality, the latter category of … Continue reading
Posted by: August 15, 2013
Tagged with: politicians' holidays, politics of leisure, work/life balance
Mar 27 2013
Reactions to the Second Cypriot Bailout Deal from across the European Press
1 CommentBy Max Hänska, Outi Keranen, Maria Kyriakidou, Jose Olivas, Roberto Orsi and Henry Radice. Jeroen Dijsselbloem’s mixed messages on Monday in the aftermath of the bailout were widely reported, along with the national and international economic implications of the new … Continue reading
Posted by: March 27, 2013
Mar 24 2013
‘Crisis, What Crisis?’ On the Virtues of Muddling Through in European Politics
6 CommentsBy Henry Radice As a Europe on tenterhooks awaits the next development in the Cypriot crisis this weekend, the sense of popular disenchantment with the European project across much of the continent seems to echo a famous passage by Antonio … Continue reading
Posted by: March 24, 2013
Tagged with: Antonio Gramsci, Craig Calhoun, Crisis, Cyprus bail-out plan, Euro, Euro crisis, Eurogroup decision on Cyprus, European, Eurozone crisis, Language