Course: European Culture and Politics

In this video, Professor Janny de Jong re-examines the construction of Europe through modernity from the perspective of ‘the Other’. In Week 3, Modernity was situated in time by referring …

In this step, we have gathered a number of maps of ‘Europe’. The video above shows when countries first joined the Eurovision Song Contest. Below are some maps of Europe …

In this video, Dr Senka Neuman-Stanivukovic summarises what had been discussed in earlier weeks and looks ahead to this week. We’ve made quite the journey together in the past weeks. …

In this video, Dr Senka Neuman-Stanivukovic explains how processes of othering influence the EU’s foreign policy. In this lecture, we invite you to recall our discussion in Week 5 about …

Dr Senka Neuman-Stanivukovic summarises this week’s discussions on democracy in Europe. We’ve seen which problems democracy in Europe faces, including the EU’s democratic deficit and illiberal tendencies. Next week, the …

We close every week with some recommendations for further reading we think you might enjoy. Feel free to share your own links to articles, videos and other media that might …

Welcome to the sixth and final week of the course! In this week, we will look at how Europe is constructed in opposition to other countries, spaces and ideas. We …

In this video, Professor Mach explains the meaning of illiberal democracy. ‘Suppose the election was declared free and fair and those elected are racists, fascists, separatists, who are publicly opposed …

In this video, Professor Mach explains the rise of illiberal democracy in Hungary and Poland. Hungary and Poland have recently developed governments that are democratic, but, as their own leaders …

In 1992, the American International Relations (IR) scholar Francis Fukuyama argued that the end of the Cold War marked a victory for liberal democracy. He argued that with the collapse …

In this article, we present the idea of an open-source city as an alternative for Europe. If we accept the argument that the nation-state is no longer able to provide …

In this video, Professor Zdzislaw Mach explains why the European institutions have often been criticised for suffering from a democratic deficit. Among many criticisms that are formulated in relation to …

In this video, Dr Senka Neuman-Stanivukovic explains deliberative and radical democracy as alternative forms of governance in a postnational Europe. Proponents of deliberative democracy suggest that political participation should be …

In this video, Professor Zdzisław Mach explains the link between identity, democracy and European integration. In our previous activity, we have discussed problems of democratic representation in a cultural and …

Democratic governance of nation-states is challenged by various processes associated with Europeanisation and globalisation. Geminello Preterossi suggests that elements that before legitimised the political restructuring of the European nation-state and …