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Europe Needs to Address Its Deficit in Voter Trust

by UCDSPIRe Posted on April 10, 2014

The financial-cum-sovereign-debt crisis in the euro zone and the emergence of the troika have led to the perception that Europe is failing to deliver. There is no narrative beyond cuts, bailouts and fiscal austerity. Unemployment in the euro zone is … Continue reading →

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New paper on the state of our system of representative democracy

by dfarrell Posted on April 8, 2014

The latest issue of West European Politics is dedicated to the late Peter Mair, including a paper by SPIRe’s David Farrell. This paper addresses Mair’s lament about the state of party politics and the future of representative politics itself. Farrell’s … Continue reading →

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