Lecture

This is an in-person one and a half hour lecture that is part of the conference on Democracy in Europe, Democracy Beyond Europe. The speaker is Asef Bayat, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His talk will be moderated by Sahar Hosseini, Department of History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh.

This is a virtual lecture of one and a half hours that is part of the conference on Democracy in Europe, Democracy Beyond Europe. The speaker is Donatella della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence, Italy. Her talk will be moderated by Fernando Tormos-Aponte, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh.

This is the first lecture in the conference on Democracy in Europe, Democracy Beyond Europe. The speaker is Siney Tarrow, Cornell University. This lecture will be a one and a half hour Zoom lecture. The talk will be moderated by Suzanne Staggenborg, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh. Lisa Brush, Chair of Sociology will introduce the session with words of welcome.

Over the past decades, Western democracies have experienced dramatic change. In Europe, the most obvious is the decline of the mainstream parties, particularly those on the center-left, that long anchored and defined politics in the region.

Whether identified as ethnonationalist, pan-European, anti-colonial, or or pan-Islamic, "civilizationist" identification is in the foreground of many nationalist, racist, often white supremist narratives. Such approaches to identification extract concepts and mechanisms from earlier nationalist projects and feed them into the larger narratives of civilizationism taking hold today. While doing so, they tend to reproduce a radicalized approach to history, art, literature, material culture, and demography.

Over the past decades Western democracies have experienced dramatic change. In Europe, the most obvious is the decline of the mainstream parties, particularly those on the center-left, that long anchored and defined politics in the region. This talk will examine the reasons for the decline of center-left or social democratic parties changing ideas about the nature of the economy and society.

Over the past decades Western democracies have experienced dramatic change. In Europe, the most obvious is the decline of the mainstream parties, particularly those on the center-left, that long anchored and defined politics in the region. This talk will examine the reasons for the decline of center-left or social democratic parties in Europe, stressing the role played by these parties changing ideas about the nature of the economy and society.

Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger is a German journalist who previously served as the Foreign Editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. His writing has focused on the United States, European, transatlantic, and international politics. Mr. Frankenberger holds a master’s degree in Political Science, Economics, and American Studies from Frankfurt University. In 1980, he participated in an exchange program with the University of Mississippi. From 1982 to 1985 he was a research associate at the Center for North-American Studies at Frankfurt University. Mr.

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The recent wave of populism has focused attention on ‘left behind’ places as hotspots of discontent. Seeking to remedy their neglect in urban and regional studies, the aim of this paper is to engage with the problems of ‘left behind’ places and to stimulate fresh thinking about alternative approaches. Reflecting the complex and inter-connected issues facing such places, it argues that a new conception is required to address issues of belonging and attachment.