글번호 : 36628684
작성일 : 14.03.12 | 조회수 : 212
| 제목 : Mobilizing the anti-immigrant vote ? The 2014 European Parliament elec | 글쓴이 : eu-center |
첨부파일:
첨부파일이 없습니다.
|
|
|
Mobilizing the anti-immigrant vote? The 2014 European Parliament elections with Andrew Geddes Ricard Zapata-Barrero
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
and
Leila Hadj-Abdou
CTR Fellow
Introduction by Ambassador András Simonyi
CTR Managing Director
Background
This year’s European Parliament (EP) elections, which take place from May 22-25, are said to be one of the most decisive in the history of the EU. For the first time there is a direct link between the EP elections and the nomination of the President of the European Commission. The European political groups will select nominees for president, and the member states will appoint the nominee from whichever political group wins the most seats in the parliament. Secondly, polls indicate that there will be a particularly high voter turnout for the far right populist parties.
European far right populist parties are basically ‘naysayers’, rejecting European integration, immigration, and ethno-cultural diversity. Their anti-immigration agenda is a major factor of their political success, and they have also acted as agenda setters, influencing the political program of more centrist parties. In light of these events, CTR is pleased to welcome the internationally renowned migration experts Andrew Geddes (UK) and Ricard Zapata Barrero (Spain) to discuss the latest trends of anti-immigration electoral mobilization in Europe. The discussion will be moderated by CTR Fellow Leila Hadj-Abdou. CTR Managing Director Ambassador András Simonyi will provide introductory remarks.
Speakers Biographies
Andrew Geddes is a Senior Professor of Political Science at the University of Sheffield (UK).
He specializes in the comparative and international analysis of politics and policy-making with a particular interest in international migration. He has published a large number of books and articles on European and international migration, as well as work on British elections and British relations with the EU. Currently he is a Robert Schuman Fellow in the Migration Policy Centre at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy. During academic year 2011-12 he was Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy (September 2011-June 2012) and a Visiting Fellow at the KFG Transformative Power of Europe research centre in the Otto Sühr Institute for Political Science at the Free University of Berlin (June-July 2012). Between 2009 and 2011 he was a member of the Lead Expert Group appointed by the UK Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir John Beddington, which produced a major report entitled Migration and Global Environmental Change: Future Challenges and Opportunities.
Ricard Zapata Barrero is a Senior Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona-Spain). His main lines of research deal with contemporary issues of liberal democracy in contexts of diversity, especially the relationship between democracy, citizenship and immigration. He is director of GRITIM-UPF (Interdisciplinary Research Group on Immigration) and the Master Program on immigration management at UPF. He is a regular contributor to media and policy debates, and serves on a number of commissions and government committees. He is also expert of the Compendium of the Council of Europe in intercultural and cultural policies.
He has published more than 20 books, academic articles and chapters in national and international editors, and has directed several international and national research projects.
Leila Hadj-Abdou is an Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation fellow at the Centre for Transatlantic Relations. Leila has obtained a PhD from the European University Institute (Florence), specializing on immigration and immigrant integration politics. Previously, she has worked at the Department of Political Sciences of the University of Vienna. Leila has published on a wide array of topics including: international migration, multiculturalism and cities, managing religious diversity in Europe, Islam, politics of recognition, politics of belonging, and populist right-wing parties.
|
|
