Policy Network - Opinion

Front National • Far-Right • Normalisation

The de-demonisation of the Front National

Nonna Mayer - 26 March 2013

What lies behind the apparent normalization of France’s once outcast far-right?
Populism • Extremism • Mainstream

The electoral rise of populism in the Nordic countries

Anders Ravik Jupskås - 04 February 2013

Social democrats should acknowledge the drivers of populism with-out buying into the identity threat perspective.
Populism • Multiculturalism • Euroscepticism

Recapturing the ‘Reluctant Radical’

Marley Morris - 03 October 2012

‘Reluctant radicals’ who offer uncommitted and indecisive support to populist parties are key to understanding the success of the far-right in European elections.
Multiculturalism • Nationalism • Identity

A social liberal majority is emerging outside of politics

Rob Ford - 19 September 2012

Young Britons are more diverse, liberal and outward looking: it is time for Labour to embrace these values.
Immigration • Economy • Culture

Cultural anxiety, class and populism

Catherine Fieschi - 03 July 2012

Separating economic and cultural concerns about immigration will suppress the left’s chances of addressing citizens’ anxieties.
Far-right • Europe • Identity

Populist Euroscepticism and British politics

Rob Ford - 27 June 2012

The odds of an organised, populist Euroscepticism emerging as a serious political force in Britain have never been shorter.
Conflicts in cosmopolitanism and the global left

Luke Martell - 17 November 2011

Social democrats should look for a global left. Inconsistency over cosmopolitan ends and too much faith in its means hampers internationalism.
It is time to return to the local

Jonathan Rutherford - 16 November 2011

Democracy creates the common good and it must be deepened and extended locally, nationally and across the European Union.
The successes and failures of multiculturalism

Alan Manning - 15 November 2011

The evidence shows that multiculturalism succeeded in promoting a sense of belonging, but paid little or no attention to white natives.
All is changed in Scandinavia, changed utterly

Katrine Kielos - 15 September 2011

Political parties should not mirror the fears of the electorate - but try to overcome them.

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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.