Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends & Dynamics Nature or Politics: Disaster Response in SEE Natural disasters, it turns out, are anything but. Instead, “acts of God” are in practice exacerbated by human practices and norms. Politics and governance patterns and norms, too often, determine the full contours and costs of otherwise...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Social Dimension of EU Enlargement Social Protection in the Western Balkans: Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis In the Western Balkans, the COVID-19 pandemic has been met by already weak social protection systems. The broader social impacts are likely to be both severe and long-lasting. Some positive lessons can be drawn from the initial social...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Democracy and the State of Emergency: New Upsurge of the Corona Crisis in the Western Balkans, Croatia and Slovenia This is the fourth and last edition in a series of reports which sets out to analyse the effects of the Corona crisis management on institutions, political and civil rights, parties, civil society, as well as external factors. Elections...
Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Insurgent Conservativism in Romania Insurgent conservatism is on the rise. New conservative civil society groups and movements are trying to expand their social base and mobilise adherents as they frame their action(ism) as rebellion against, or counterculture to, the...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Democracy and the State of Emergency: Easing Measures and Rising Tensions in the Struggle with the Corona Crisis in the Western Balkans, Croatia and Slovenia While the anti-Corona measures are being relaxed in most cases, the State of Emergency has not been lifted in all countries of the region, yet. North Macedonia is struggling with a worrisome increase of infections. Five countries of the...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values A State of Emergency and a Pandemic: Constitutional Frameworks Analysis In Bosnia and Herzegovina the term human rights is a platitude mostly used for daily political purposes without real understanding of the term, and especially without raised awareness of effective mechanisms for human rights protection....
Publication Publication Socio-ecological transformation in SEE Jobwende: Effects of the Energiewende on Work and Employment The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that greenhouse gas emissions will have to be reduced to zero by 2050 at the latest if global warming is to be limited to 1.5 °C. If we fail to achieve that objective, we risk...
Publication Publication Socio-ecological transformation in SEE Green Recovery and Social Democracy: Programmatic Challenges for a Climate-neutral Europe Social democrats in Europe should use the Green Deal to bring together key issues such as climate protection, decent work, social cohesion and economic development in a renewed drive for progress and recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic ...
