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Category Archives: Nationalism
Dec 6 2013
On the “right to decide”
18 CommentsBy Sonia Sierra and Jose Javier Olivas As we have seen with regard to other dimensions of the Euro Crisis, the discussion about the Catalan independence in Spain has also brought to the fore an interesting struggle over the framing … Continue reading
Posted by: December 6, 2013
Tagged with: Catalan Independence, dret a decidir, Referendum, right of self-determination, Right to decide, secession, Spanish constitution
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
Nov 8 2013
Europe Says “No” to Artur Mas
55 CommentsBy Víctor Andrés Maldonado Diplomacy has its own codes. It is imperative to know these in detail to avoid being exposed to difficult situations and putting one’s credibility at risk when defending one’s interests. Apparently simple things, such as having … Continue reading
Posted by: November 8, 2013
Tagged with: Catalan Independence, EU diplomacy, self-determination, Spain
Oct 18 2013
A Bandwagon with a Purpose: The independence of Catalonia
42 CommentsBy Mireia Borrell-Porta The recent events in Catalonia have sparked an intense and often constructive discussion on the reasons that underpin Catalonia’s claim for independence, and Europe’s need to seriously discuss the need to regulate ‘internal enlargement’. Yet, the complexity of … Continue reading
Posted by: October 18, 2013
Tagged with: Catalan Independence, Catalonia, Independence, Internal enlargement
Sep 30 2013
The independence of Catalonia: jumping on a bandwagon
101 CommentsBy Jose Javier Olivas On 11 September 2013 hundreds of thousands of people formed a human chain to demand the secession of Catalonia from Spain. This well organised and largely peaceful display of patriotic fervour coincided with celebration of Catalonia’s … Continue reading
Posted by: September 30, 2013
Tagged with: anti-redistribution argument, Catalan Independence, Catalonia, excessive solidarity, Generalitat, nationalist propaganda
Sep 20 2013
Populism in Greece and why the theory of the two extremes is wrong
3 CommentsBy Antonis Galanopoulos Populism as a term reappeared in everyday public discourse in Greece with the first protests against the memorandum with IMF, EU and ECB and its concomitant austerity policies. The polarisation at the base of the populism/anti-populism dichotomy … Continue reading
Posted by: September 20, 2013
Tagged with: anti-populism, discourse, Nationalism, populism
Sep 3 2013
Nordic Euroscepticism – An Exception that Disproves the Rule?
1 CommentBy Markus Ketola and Johan Nordensvärd Euroscepticism – the range of critical arguments and sentiments against the economic and political project of the European Union – is on the rise across the 27 member states. As next year’s European Parliament elections are nearing, there is … Continue reading
Posted by: September 3, 2013
Tagged with: European Election, European Parliament, Euroscepticism, Nordic Countries
Jul 23 2013
Older, anxious and white: why UKIP are the English Tea Party
Comments Off on Older, anxious and white: why UKIP are the English Tea PartyBy Michael Skey In 2010, when the UK Independence Party, under the increasingly high-profile stewardship of Nigel Farage, began to make some headway in the polls, commentators wondered whether they might turn out to be the British equivalent of … Continue reading
Posted by: July 23, 2013
Tagged with: Euroscepticism, UKIP
Jul 4 2013
L’enfer, c’est les autres: othering in Eurosceptic discourse
Comments Off on L’enfer, c’est les autres: othering in Eurosceptic discourseBy Simon Usherwood In recent years, euroscepticism has become an ever-more visible part of the process of European integration, from the decline in public support to the pronouncements of political parties and governments. This scepticism is clearly wide-ranging and diverse, … Continue reading
Posted by: July 4, 2013
Tagged with: European identity, European integration, Euroscepticism, Nationalism, othering, xenophobia
Jun 28 2013
Euroscepticism is rooted in a broader authoritarian worldview that also includes higher levels of nationalism and hostility to ‘outsiders’
3 CommentsBy Erik R. Tillman Since the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty two decades ago, proponents of European integration have faced a dilemma of sorts. Increasingly, public support is necessary for further integration as European issues become more salient in national … Continue reading
Posted by: June 28, 2013
Tagged with: Authoritarianism, constraining dissensus, European Union, Euroscepticism, permisive consensus, post-Maastricht