Policy Network - Opinion

EU • Integration • Crisis

Better to suffer inside the eurozone

Andrés Ortega - 18 June 2013

In spite of all of the associated shortcomings and suffering, for many in Southern Europe, it is still better to be inside than outside the Eurozone.
EU • Integration • Innovation

The Passage to Europe - a review

Renaud Thillaye - 10 June 2013

As the EU faces its most serious test ever, Luuk Van Middelaar’s fascinating account asks us to reconsider the forces that underpin the European Union.
Generation Y • Welfare • Reform

Generation ‘why?’

Bobby Duffy - 05 June 2013

We are witnessing a generational shift in attitudes towards the welfare state, and this poses fundamental questions for policy makers.
Individualism • Inequality • Reciprocity

How to make an inclusive welfare state work

Peter Taylor-Gooby - 05 June 2013

As society becomes increasingly individualistic, is it time for progressives develop an individualistic narrative of the Left?
Sweden • Individualism • Welfare

Individualism and solidarity in Sweden

Cecilia Bruzelius - 05 June 2013

The Swedish case shows that individualistic values and support for the welfare state are not incompatible.
Social Mobility • Education • Employment

Encouraging geographical mobility

Eskil Wadensjö - 04 June 2013

Youth unemployment is a serious problem in most countries but the policies to reduce it need to be tailored to local circumstances.
EU • Integration • Referendum

Exit, voice and loyalty

Carlos Closa - 04 June 2013

In an environment of citizen contestation and intra-party divisions, an EU referendum offers a way to bypass these problems but it does not come without its own complications.
Youth Unemployment • Policy • Mobility

The reality of downward intergenerational mobility

Steven Roberts - 03 June 2013

The problem of youth unemployment is recognised yet there are considerable numbers of young people who remain off the policy radar.
Populism • Reform • Engagement

Democratic reform and the first mover advantage

Daniel O’Callaghan - 31 May 2013

While the rest of the world evolves and innovates at a breathtaking pace, Westminster, Brussels, and the Bundestag et al stand still.
Membership • Political Movement • Community

How to build a political movement

Kathryn Perera - 30 May 2013

While reports of the death of political parties have been greatly exaggerated, in many countries they are no longer the pre-eminent mechanism for political expression.

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The Policy Network Observatory promotes critical debate and reflection on progressive politics. It is centre-left orientated but determinately challenges social democracy. It is resolutely pro-European but questions EU institutions and practices.