transnationalism

Community, Events »

A cruise boat filled with Italians is expected to sail from Barcelona to arrive in Genoa the 26th June 2010; a new transnational type of protest against the present political, social and economic conditions in Italy.

Arts Projects »

The POLIS 21 project

An artistic and political project carried out by European Alternatives in London, Athens, Belgrade and Zagreb over Autumn 2009.

Democracy, In brief »

Democratising the European Union: Putting Power in the Hands of Citizens

The ‘democratic deficit’ in the European Union is one of the few things that almost everyone knows about it. We have started a campaign for the Parliament to insist that it has the dominant role in deciding the policies of the Union.

Cosmopolitics Events, Democracy Events »

Refiguring Citizenship: London Events from January 21

In this series of events organised in partnership with the LSE Forum for European Philosophy we invite thought provokers thinkers and scholars to reflect on key questions concerning the status of citizenship, the relations between Europe and the rest of the world and the question of the status of the migrant to Europe. Can there be a genuinely transnational demos?

Europa Magazine, Featured, Interview »

Interview with Nancy Fraser

Nancy Fraser, celebrated critical theorist and feminist, discusses about the transnationalisation of the public sphere, radical justice and the crisis and pulling feminism back from neoliberalism.

Uncategorized »

Europe in the world: effects on Migration

Susan George is an author, Board Chair of the Transnational Institute, and Honorary President of Attac-France. This article is part of the Transnational Institute’s ongoing research in EU Trade Policy.

Cosmopolitics, Europa Magazine »

The intellectual space in Europe

The cradle of nationalism, Europe can be a laboratory for rethinking cultural diversity in a global denationalized world: this is the challenge to intellectuals in Europe.

Cosmopolitics, Europa Magazine, Interview »

Interview with Seyla Benhabib

Seyla Benhabib is a professor of political science and philosophy at Yale, and director of the program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, and a well-known contemporary philosopher. She is the author of several books, most notably about the philosophers Hannah Arendt and Jürgen Habermas. Benhabib is well known for combining critical theory with feminist theory.

Arts, Europa Magazine, Interview »

Interview with Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson

Cosmopolitan artists Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson discuss their latest works engaging with migration, challenging national identity and delving into the secretive world of Brussels’ lobbyists.

Europa Magazine, Migration »

Saskia Sassen: Membership and Its Politics

The growth of anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe is renationalizing membership politics. Citizenship has historically grown and expanded through the claim-making and the demands of the excluded: the outsider has indeed the potential to expand the formal rights of citizens. By Saskia Sassen.