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Tag Archives: Civil Society
Sep 4 2015
‘Quickie’ divorce Italian style
1 CommentBy Alessio Colonnelli Italy’s newly introduced law on divorce will have considerable socio-economic implications. Its positive impact won’t be, however, as wide-ranging as originally thought. The reform of the antiquated law could have gone farther and match, for example, the … Continue reading
Posted by: September 4, 2015
Tagged with: catholic church, civil rights, Civil Society, divorce, marriage
Mar 30 2015
Subterranean Politics in Europe after the Greek Elections
2 CommentsProfessor Mary Kaldor discusses activism, Europe and the aftermath of the Greek elections with Ludovica Rogers and Hara Kouki in a conversation organised by LSE’s Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit in collaboration with Euro Crisis in the Press and with … Continue reading
Posted by: March 30, 2015
Tagged with: activism, Civil Society, EU, Euro crisis, Europe, European Union, Greece, Greek elections, Kaldor, LSE, politics, subterranean politics, SYRIZA
Mar 2 2015
Why participatory governance offers a realistic route to addressing the EU’s legitimacy crisis
Comments Off on Why participatory governance offers a realistic route to addressing the EU’s legitimacy crisisBy Karl-Oskar Lindgren How can EU decision-making be brought closer to Europe’s citizens? Based on a case study of the ‘REACH’ regulation governing the production and use of chemical substances, this posts argues for the potential of a participatory governance … Continue reading
Posted by: March 2, 2015
Tagged with: Civil Society, European Union, participatory democracy
Feb 23 2015
Modalities of solidarity in Greece: a civil society at the cross-roads
5 CommentsBy Giota Alevizou As Greece has yet again become the epicentre of the European debt crisis, with collective negotiations for a fairer deal culminating before the end of February, its plight for survival has reached a new sense of moral … Continue reading
Posted by: February 23, 2015
Tagged with: austerity, Civic Culture, Civil Society, social change, Solidarity
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
Apr 3 2013
Cyprus crisis: swan-song of the Eurozone
3 CommentsBy Vassilis Fouskas and Constantine Dimoulas* Harsh measures imposed on Cypriot political and financial authorities to address bank failures reveal, once again, that the entire architecture of the EU is in tatters. Professor Vassilis Fouskas and Dr Constantine Dimoulas contribute … Continue reading
Posted by: April 3, 2013
Tagged with: Civil Society, Conflict, Culture, Cyprus, Democracy, Economics, Equality, International politics