Neo-Fascism in Europe
FollowSPIRe’s Prof. Daniel Thomas considers Neo-Fascism in Europe in a series of recent posts at europedebate.ie.
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Monthly Archives: November 2012
SPIRe Seminar Week 10: Patterns of Conflict in the Great Lakes Region
SPIRe’s Profs. Jennifer Todd and Paul Walsh will be presenting their paper (with Lupa Ramadhani) titled “Patterns of Conflict in the Great Lakes Region” Thursday November 22nd from 13:00-14:00 in G317 Newman (Arts) Building, UCD Belfield. Abstract The African Great … Continue reading
SPIRe Seminar Week 9: Socialization, Naturalization and Immigrant Political Participation in Europe: Testing Transferability Theory
SPIRe’s Dr. Derek Hutchenson and Kristen Jeffers will be presenting their paper (along with Tijana Prokic-Breuer and Maarten Peter Vink of Maastricht University) titled “Socialization, Naturalization and Immigrant Political Participation in Europe: Testing Transferability Theory” Thursday November 15th from 13:00-14:00 … Continue reading
The Irish constitutional convention – lessons from abroad
A few weeks ago I organised an event at the Royal Irish Academy that brought together the world’s leading experts on deliberation, some of whom had helped organise or had being members of constitutional conventions in their own countries. The … Continue reading
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Tagged citizens' assembly, constitutional convention, deliberation, political reform
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Book launch event
The Dublin European Institute at the School of Politics and International Relations, UCD and Trinity College Dublin Centre for European Studies would like to invite you to the book launch of LIBERALIZATION CHALLENGES IN HUNGARY: ELITISM, PROGRESSIVISM, AND POPULISM by DR. … Continue reading
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SPIRe Seminar Week 8: “Freedom as Independence: Wollstonecraft and the Grand Blessing of Life”
This week SPIRe, along with the UCD Women’s Studies Centre , are pleased to welcome the Dr. Alan Coffee, of Birkbeck College presenting on “Freedom as Independence: Wollstonecraft and the Grand Blessing of Life.” Please note the time and venue … Continue reading
The Irish government cautiously tiptoes in an ‘open government ‘direction
Ireland Stat, a pilot Government level performance measurement website, has recently being launched by the the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
IBIS Film Screening “As If I Am Not There”
The Institute for British Irish Studies (IBIS) and the School of Politics and International Relations in University College Dublin (UCD) would like to invite you to the screening of the movie As If I Am Not There on Tuesday, the … Continue reading