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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionThe Swiss burqa ban and the erosion of democratic valuesThe true test of a free society is not whether we can merely tolerate each other, but whether we can enjoy the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Swiss anti-homophobia law distracts from persisting inequalitiesThe law poses serious questions about discriminatory public statements and how such statements can be challenged if...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Everything that is wrong is the fault of '68: regaining cultural hegemony by trashing the leftIn the burgeoning literature on the populist right, smouldering resentment has so far not been sufficiently...
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Published in: HomeTurkey’s presidential referendum and the (not so) curious case of the Turkish diaspora in EuropeMaybe it is time Europe looked at itself in the mirror and started discussing why more and more people, including...
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Published in: HomeSelf-organised struggles of migrant care workersHow do migrant workers successfully enact labour and social rights? ‘Respekt’, a local network established by Polish...
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Published in: HomeProtest against the deportation of asylum seekersFrom the perspective of deportees, a certain amount of luck has been needed to be in the right place at the right...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?After the Swiss basic income vote – learning political lessons is key!Basic income support is growing as more people become familiar with the idea, but there is still a lot of work to be done.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Special deal, root and branch reform or Brexit? Cameron’s EU-policy - a sceptical view from GermanyThe concessions which Britain will be granted today in negotiations with Brussels and Berlin may well turn out to be...
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Published in: openSecuritySettling accounts: what happens after SwissLeaks?The SwissLeaks scandal around the HSBC bank subsidiary there has highlighted how globalisation can facilitate...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryLaw’s mediations: the shifting definitions of traffickingAs trafficking becomes increasingly conflated with slavery and forced labor, there is less and less agreement...
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Published in: HomeIn defence of liberalism 1: on historical critiquesWere more on the Left capable of reading liberal philosophy without foaming at the mouth, they’d realise that –...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Swiss debate on mass surveillance: what debate?How did Switzerland, a country attached to the importance of personal privacy, respond after the story about the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Swiss vote to curb immigration, and what it means for EuropeOn February 9, Swiss voters narrowly approved the reintroduction of quotas on immigration, damaging Swiss-EU...
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Published in: HomeNot everybody’s business: corporate crowding into the tents of global governance
As invitation-only Davos gets under way, our public space and politics shrink that little bit more across the globe....
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageIt begins and ends with powerThe author acknowledges his supporters, but he answers his critics. (See related articles). It is political...
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Published in: Home'Brexit': the Swiss model as a blueprint ?With British Eurosceptics such as Boris Johnson openly calling for UK withdrawal from the EU, Switzerland has often...
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Published in: 50.50Why executions were a gendered affairSusanne Kord takes a look back at executions in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe, arguing that ideas of the...
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Published in: HomeHow the Swiss see the ‘Swiss option’
Switzerland is formally independent but totally interconnected with the EU, and the largest creditor of the most...
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Published in: openEconomyWhy the Euro is a force of political centralisation
This article was published 11 years ago in the Salisbury Review - then a small right-wing magazine edited by oD...
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Published in: HomeAbusing the Swiss system of direct democracy: the Swiss People's Party aims to stop "mass immigration".
The SVP in Switzerland has taken advantage of a global trend to build a new political consensus through the use of...
