{"id":49132,"date":"2021-04-26T15:27:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T19:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/?p=49132"},"modified":"2021-04-26T15:27:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T19:27:52","slug":"cse-hosts-webinar-on-neoliberalism-democracy-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/2021\/04\/26\/cse-hosts-webinar-on-neoliberalism-democracy-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"CSE Hosts Webinar on Neoliberalism &#038; Democracy in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2020\/12\/Center_for_the_Study_of_Europe1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/files\/2020\/12\/Center_for_the_Study_of_Europe1.png 2000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/files\/2020\/12\/Center_for_the_Study_of_Europe1-533x300.png 533w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/files\/2020\/12\/Center_for_the_Study_of_Europe1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/files\/2020\/12\/Center_for_the_Study_of_Europe1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/files\/2020\/12\/Center_for_the_Study_of_Europe1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/files\/2020\/12\/Center_for_the_Study_of_Europe1-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/files\/2020\/12\/Center_for_the_Study_of_Europe1-992x558.png 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/files\/2020\/12\/Center_for_the_Study_of_Europe1-1500x844.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/files\/2020\/12\/Center_for_the_Study_of_Europe1-1920x1080.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/files\/2020\/12\/Center_for_the_Study_of_Europe1-1984x1116.png 1984w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On April 23, 2021, <span>the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/\">Center for the Study of Europe<\/a><span>\u00a0(CSE),\u00a0<\/span><span>an affiliated center of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, hosted an event titled &#8220;Neoliberals and Direct Democracy in the European Union.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>During the event, <span>Quinn Slobodian, Associate Professor of History at Wellesley College, described the embrace of direct democracy by the political right in Europe, most notably in the Brexit process, as a weapon against the state, challenging the claim that neoliberalism is inherently &#8220;anti-democratic.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/profile\/andrei-mamolea\/\">Andrei Mamolea<\/a>, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School, responded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A recording of the event can be viewed below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Demos Veto and Demos Exit: Neoliberals and Direct Democracy in the European Union\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ma4cIgBGSvQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The mission of the Center for the Study of Europe is to promote understanding of Europe through its cultural heritage; its political, economic, and religious histories; its art, literature, music, and philosophy; as well as through its recent emergence as a new kind of international form through the European Union (EU). Operationally, the center provides a focal point and institutional support for the study of Europe across Boston University through coordination of teaching missions, support of research, community-building among faculty and students, and outreach beyond the University. Visit the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/\">center\u2019s website<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quinn Slobodian described the embrace of direct democracy by the political right in Europe as a weapon against the state, challenging the claim that neoliberalism is inherently \u201danti-democratic.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17823,"featured_media":46257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8431,8434],"tags":[11784,11732,8491,8362,9703],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17823"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49134,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49132\/revisions\/49134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}