Why do people vote?
The theory that underpins modern economics is the idea that people act rationally. Their actions will be based on an analysis of the information available to them and they will […]
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European identity
The unwelcome ‘other’: the litmus-test of the Roma (3 December 2013)
The 35th Corbishley Lecture will be given by Dr Michael Privot (Director of ENAR – European Network Against Racism, Brussels) “The unwelcome ‘other’: are there limits to integration of European
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The End of the West: The once and future Europe (29 November 2011)
Panel Discussion jointly hosted by the British Academy and Princeton University Press Tuesday 29 November 2011 6.30pm – 8.00pm, followed by a drinks reception British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace,
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I am still a pro-European
An interesting post by Jon Worth arguing that framing the debate about Britain and Europe in terms of pro-European and Eurosceptic is not helpful. The European Union legislates everything from
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Glad to be out of sync
The comments posted on Twitter by death penalty campaigner Paul Staines are revealing. He said that: “restoring the death penalty has profoundly eurosceptic implications.” And furthermore that: “US, India, China
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Religion and politics – friends or foes? (15 September 2010)
A one-day conference being organised by the WYNDHAM PLACE CHARLEMAGNE TRUST in conjunction with the Polish Institute for International Affairs (PISM), Warsaw with the generous support of the Polish Embassy
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Thomas Paine, from “Rights of Man”
“If there is a country in the world, where concord, according to common calculations, would be least expected, it is America. Made up, as it is, of people from different
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Why unite Europe?
One of the criticisms often thrown at the idea of a united Europe is not only that it would inevitably be undemocratic, but that it is intended to be undemocratic. This
It wasn’t a vote about architecture
The timing could not have been better. The fallout of the Conservative decision not to hold a referendum on the Lisbon treaty now that it has come into force, and
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Is there a war on terror?
British foreign secretary David Miliband has declared, in a change to what was understood to be previous policy, that the UK is not involved in a war on terror. (Read
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