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The Edinburgh Europa Research Group is pleased to invite you to its upcoming event:
United We Stand? The Transnational Cooperation of the Southern European Radical Left in Times of Crisis
Tuesday 31 January 2017
5.15pm – 6.15pm
Appleton Tower · Room M2B
George Square · Edinburgh EH8 9LE
Vladimir Bortun
PhD Candidate in Politics
The University of Portsmouth
This presentation will begin with a provisional attempt to define – in contrast to much of the current literature – the new left to-the-left-of-social-democracy that emerged in the EU at the turn of the millenium. It will then focus on the most successful new left parties in Southern Europe: Bloco (Portugal), Syriza (Greece) and Podemos (Spain). After comparing them, it will consider their transnational cooperation since the start of the Eurozone crisis in 2009, which would reasonably be expected to have increased. It will set out the factors, obstacles and prospects for that cooperation, particularly in the light of the 2015 clash between the Syriza government and the troika, and subsequent developments in the wider European left.
Prof Luke March | Discussant
Professor of Post-Soviet and Comparative Politics
Deputy Director, Princess Dashkova Russian Centre
The University of Edinburgh
Anthony Salamone | Chair
Europa Research Group Co-Convenor
PhD Candidate in Politics
The University of Edinburgh
This event is free and non-ticketed
All are welcome
PARTICIPANTS
Vladimir Bortun
The University of Portsmouth
Vladimir Bortun is PhD Candidate in Politics at the University of Portsmouth. His research focuses on the transnational networking and cooperation among new left parties in Southern Europe in the context of the Eurozone crisis.
Luke March
The University of Edinburgh
Prof Luke March is Professor of Post-Soviet and Comparative Politics and Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Centre at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include the politics of the former Soviet Union, the radical left in Europe and populism.
Anthony Salamone (@AMSalamone)
The University of Edinburgh
Anthony Salamone is Co-Convenor of the Edinburgh Europa Research Group and PhD Candidate in Politics at the University of Edinburgh. He is Managing Editor of European Futures and his research focuses on the politics of the UK’s EU relations.
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