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Category Archives: Sweden
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 4 2016
The Great Stagnation
1 CommentBy Marion Labouré and Juergen Braunstein The recent Brexit vote, as well as high uncertainty around a number of upcoming elections (e.g., the 2016 US and 2017 French presidential elections), are only symptoms of a larger underlying problem. Voting for … Continue reading
Posted by: October 4, 2016
Tagged with: Euro crisis, Inequality, recession, stagnation, Sweden, top 1%
Dec 3 2014
“We have a long history of getting it wrong on Russia” – Interview with David Crouch
Comments Off on “We have a long history of getting it wrong on Russia” – Interview with David CrouchEuro Crisis in the Press talks to David Crouch about media coverage of EU-Russia relations and the recent search for Russian submarines off the Swedish coast. You were covering the recent search for Russian submarines off the Swedish coast. How well … Continue reading
Posted by: December 3, 2014
Tagged with: European identity, Gorbachev, media, media discourse, Putin, Russia, Russian Politics, Russian submarines, Sweden, Yeltsin
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 15 2013
The Euro crisis in online media: civic resilience and social innovation in Sweden
3 Commentsby Julie Uldam and Anne Kaun While Scandinavian countries may be coping with the Euro crisis relatively better than most other European countries, they are far from unaffected. Nonetheless, the mainstream media have represented Scandinavia and Sweden as prime examples … Continue reading
Posted by: July 15, 2013
Tagged with: activism, Civil Society, extreme left wing movements, immigration, Megafonen, resistence, Sweden