Britta Busse

Young people in Europe increasingly tend to blend the ‘public’ and ‘private’ in their political participation

Britta Busse, Alexandra Hashem-Wangler and Jochen Tholen describe their ethnographic research into the social and political engagement of a football fan group in Germany, explaining how the manner in which this group blend the ‘private’ matter of football support with the ‘public’ matter of anti-racist activism is indicative of a much broader change in how youth in Europe engage in political life. Responding to […]

May 4th, 2013|Alexandra Hashem-Wangler, Britta Busse, Democracy, identity and culture, Jochen Tholen|0 Comments|

Though currently indifferent, young Germans may begin to reject the EU if economic conditions worsen.

As part of our Euroscepticism collaboration, Britta Busse, Alexandra Hashem-Wangler and Jochen Tholen look at the attitudes of young Germans towards the EU. Using in-depth interviews, they find that while German youth are generally positive about European integration, they feel that the EU needs Germany more than Germany needs the EU. They also warn that a deterioration in the economic […]

March 25th, 2013|Alexandra Hashem-Wangler, Britta Busse, Democracy, identity and culture, Euroscepticism collaboration, Jochen Tholen|2 Comments|