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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Video: George Ross – Contexts of Austerity (Keynote Address)

http://youtu.be/gaUvodpIdoE The international conference 鈥淪treet Politics in the Age of Austerity: From the Indignados to Occupy,鈥� was held at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al on February 21, 2013. This video contains a keynote speech by聽George Ross, Research Associate at the European Union Centre of Excellence, Universit茅 de Montr茅al - McGill... More

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Video: Making Claims, Claiming Space:The Movements and Their Actions (Conference Panel)

http://youtu.be/o7xTKlu9lds The international conference 鈥淪treet Politics in the Age of Austerity: From the Indignados to Occupy,鈥� was held at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al on February 21, 2013. This video features the following presentations: 1. "The Spatial Dimension of the Greek Anti颅-Austerity Campaign, 2010颅-2012", Maria Kousis of... More

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Video: Transnational Diffusion: Explanatory Factor or Sideshow? (Conference Panel)

http://youtu.be/b8Ng_R2AlnU The international conference 鈥淪treet Politics in the Age of Austerity: From the Indignados to Occupy,鈥� was held at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al on February 21, 2013. This video features the following presentations: 1. "From Tahrir to Puerta del Sol to Wall Street: A Comparison of Two Diffusion Processes within the... More

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Video: Taking Root or Dying on the Vine? The Socio颅political Conditions for Mobilisation (Conference Panel)

http://youtu.be/G5KFbJl0US8 The international conference "Street Politics in the Age of Austerity: From the Indignados to Occupy," was held at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al on February 21, 2013. This video features the following presentations: 1. "The Occupy Movement in France: Why Protests Have Not Taken Off", Didier Chabanet,... More

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Video: Canada and Europe: The Environmental Context and the Policy Environment (Miranda Schreurs)

http://youtu.be/YJHgm50Kntw Policy Workshop: Public Attitudes and Environmental Policy in Canada and Europe This international workshop featured experts from Canada, Europe, and the US who examined public attitudes toward environmental policy in a comparative context. Presentations included analysis of cross-national survey research data on... More

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Audio interview with Prof. Miranda Schreurs, Environmental Policy Research Center, Freie Universitaet Berlin

Audio interview with Miranda Schreurs, Director of the Environmental Policy Research Center and Professor of Comparative Politics at the Freie Universitaet Berlin. Please visit our YouTube channel to listen to the podcast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eyieMluDUw&feature=share&list=PL8ADW6xXt9VW6dYpbKFdU3v8zAgyFrQdO In this interview... More

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Audio interview with Prof. Russell J. Dalton, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of California (Irvine)

Audio interview with Professor Russell J. Dalton, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of California (Irvine) Please visit our YouTube channel to listen to the podcast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGYMaF0GWi8&feature=share&list=PL8ADW6xXt9VW6dYpbKFdU3v8zAgyFrQdO Russell J. Dalton is a Professor of Political Science at the... More

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Audio Interview on Public Attitudes and Environmental Policy with Prof. Jon Pammett, Professor of Political Science, 杏吧原创 University

Audio interview with Jon H. Pammett is Professor of Political Science at 杏吧原创 University. He is also co-Director of the 杏吧原创 University Survey Centre, and Canadian delegate to the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). Please visit our YouTube channel to listen to the... More

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

“Parties, Voters and the Environment”

Policy Brief by Russell J. Dalton, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of California, Irvine In Canada, the Liberal Party鈥檚 advocacy of a 鈥淕reen Shift鈥� in the 2008 federal elections, and the Conservative Party鈥檚 and NDP鈥檚 opposition, illustrate how division and choice on environmental policy exists in some party systems. In... More

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Video: Privacy and Data Protection Expert – Dr. Colin Bennett

http://youtu.be/vk2-Xs7vH88 Dr. Colin Bennett, University of Victoria, talks about the leading role of the European Union in the field of data protection. He explains how and why the initiatives of the EU have an effect on policies in the United States and Canada. The latest debates about revisions to the existing directive on data... More

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Video: The relationship between The Netherlands and the European Union – Dr. Adriaan Schout

http://youtu.be/muOUSFdpM1U Dr. Adriaan Schout discusses the relationship between The Netherlands and the European Union. He describes how this relationship has been misinterpreted by politicians and international media. The critical approach that The Netherlands has towards the EU integration is rather a pragmatic than negative... More

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Video: The EU Crisis and the Crucial Role of the National Institutions – Dr. Adriaan Schout

http://youtu.be/ffnhmMTvl_g Dr. Adriaan Schout draws attention to the rather problematic attempts of the European Union and the European Commission to solve the EU financial crisis. In his opinion it is questionable whether the "Federal European Agenda", the need for a bigger European budget and for more political power for the EU, is likely to... More

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