Andreas Follesdal (Oslo): Normative Political Theory and the European Union and A European Identity: Nationalism or Just Patriotism? Ben Tonra (UCD): Images of Europe and the Myth of Exceptionalism. From Utrecht Law Review, a special issue on Euroscepticism and Multiculturalism. Europe, the cradle of the nation-state, wasn’t “founded” as a place for poor, tired and huddled masses yearning to breathe free — so might it take lessons from Uncle Sam on welcoming immigrants? On the politics of immigration: How mainstream European parties appear paralysed by populism, unable to halt the rise of the far right. The Turul bird and the dinosaur: Following the political logic of pop-cultural palaeontology, Hungary's resurgent far-Right excavates archaic cultural identities for the youth of today. A review of Deutschland Schafft Sich Ab: Wie wir unser Land aufs Spiel setzen ["Germany Abolishes Itself: How we are putting our country at risk"] by Thilo Sarrazin (and more). A look at how the Baltic states are a bit more diverse than you (probably) imagined. From The New Federalist, why is European integration so unpopular? A review of European Governmentality: The Liberal Drift of Multilevel Governance by Richard Munch. From International Politics and Society, a special issue on Social Democracy in Europe. An interview with Barry Eichengreen on books on the euro. A review of Archeofuturism: European Visions of the Post-Catastrophic Age by Guillaume Faye.
