Culture wars in Czech literature

Feminists, Islam, and The Middle Ages: Czech Literature in the Context of Culture Wars

Essay
The current clashes over values are reflected even in works of Czech literature and capture the imagination of both living classics and the incoming generation of writers. Although ideological arguments primarily follow the liberal-conservative dividing line, the realm of literature also is familiar, especially inside the liberal opinion camp, with an inwardly oriented critique, or exaggerated narratives with highly ambivalent meanings.
By Stefan Segi

Political developments

Political developments »

Europe

A brief analysis of the German federal election 2021

Analysis
Germany has voted. The SPD, Greens and FDP come out of the elections as the winners, but take a very different view of the results – depending on their expectations and the pressure they feel upon them to act. By and large, the trend towards a party system in which no single party dominates continues. Constituency seats played a very particular role in these elections. This brief analysis provides an overview of the initial results, with a more comprehensive, empirical analysis to follow in the next few days.
By Stefanie John
Swedish Ambassador for Gender Equality and Coordinator of Feminist Foreign Policy, ANN BERNES

Swedish Ambassador: “Feminist policy” prompts discussion more than gender balance does

Interview
A feminist approach is transforming the system much more than traditional foreign policy has, says Swedish Ambassador for Gender Equality and Coordinator of Feminist Foreign Policy, ANN BERNES. According to her, in the beginning the concept of feminism in politics surprised even the Swedes themselves. ”The giggle effect is there no more, because our experience is that change is possible,“ she claims.
By Lucia Yar
Europe »

Focus on Hungary

    Gender Democracy

    Slovakia 2020: Search for Parliamentary Winner(s)

    Slovak 2020 General Elections: Analyses of Parliament Scenario(s)

    Article
    Slovak political landscape is exceptionally fragmented ahead of February 29 general elections. One of the last opinion polls published before the election polls moratorium foresees eight parties to be represented in the parliament. However, conceivable scenarios include 6 to 12 parties possibly entering the parliament.  This pre-election analysis was published by EuroPolicy in cooperation with the Prague office of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.  
    By Zuzana Gabrižová
    Gender Democracy »

    Publications

    Current Populism in Europe

    Current Populism in Europe

    Publication

    The book Current Populism in Europe: Gender-Backlash and Counter-strategies aims at exploring populism from various new conceptual, empirical and methodological perspectives.

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    Political integration of Hungarian students, 2019

    After a four-year absence, the Active Youth (Aktív Fiatalok) Research Group has returned with a new survey about the political attitudes of higher education students in Hungary. The significance of this year’s findings relies on the fact that the political views of the majority of students sampled in this most recent survey – including some born as recently as 2000 – were formed during consecutive terms of prime minister Viktor Orbán and his government, considered by many political scientists and commentators to be a hybrid regime.

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    Political integration of Hungarian students, 2019

    After a four-year absence, the Active Youth (Aktív Fiatalok) Research Group has
    returned with a new survey about the political attitudes of higher education students
    in Hungary. The significance of this year’s findings relies on the fact that the political
    views of the majority of students sampled in this most recent survey – including
    some born as recently as 2000 – were formed during consecutive terms of prime
    minister Viktor Orbán and his government, considered by many political scientists
    and commentators to be a hybrid regime.

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