Paolo Cossarini- PhD
- Professor (Associate) at Universidad Europea
Paolo Cossarini
- PhD
- Professor (Associate) at Universidad Europea
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Introduction
Paolo Cossarini currently works at the European University of Madrid and at the International University of La Rioja. He is member of the DEMOS research group (Aalborg University). Paolo does research on populism, democratic theory, nationalism, protest movements and the role of emotions. He's also interested in civil society organisations (CSOs).
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This article examines the European Commission’s discourse to identify whether and how the Commission’s perception of the role of civil society organisations (CSOs) has evolved in the context of the refugee crisis and the rise of right-wing populism. To this end, we conduct thematic and frame analyses of a variegated data set consisting of announcem...
Literature on Catalan separatism has mostly remained in the field of nationalism studies, while little has been said from a perspective centred on populist politics. This chapter builds upon the idea of Catalan independence movement as a populist–nationalist project, insofar as the 2017 referendum of independence has created a fertile ground for a...
Populism emerges on the terrain of modern civil society, and yet it ultimately entails existential risks for civil society’s fundamentals: populism’s essentialist stance betrays a deep tension with the principle of plurality upon which civil society and liberal democracy are founded. This chapter focuses on the work of EU-Level CSOs, which have eme...
This paper focuses on the visual representation of “the urban people” by the Spanish left-wing populist party Unidas Podemos (UP) during the campaign for regional elections in Madrid in 2021. The political environment was characterised by increasing polarisation and the hyper-leadership of two candidates, right-wing Isabel Díaz Ayuso and UP’s natio...
This special issue aims to investigate the dynamics of climate disinformation, focusing on the roles of vested interests, political actors, and technological amplification. It seeks to provide theoretical and empirical insights into how various actors shape climate disinformation across Europe and Latin America, addressing a significant gap in the...
La centralidad de Internet y de las redes sociales en la vida política parece incuestionable. En su calidad de fuentes de información, de vehículo de conexión interpersonal y de mecanismo de mediación política, las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) dan forma a la política y, al mismo tiempo, son protagonistas en el proceso emoci...
The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it unusual challenges to the enjoyment of human rights and reminded us that all rights have been affected by the measures taken to tackle the virus. In the context of measures to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, it is inquestinable that the most vulnerable groups are always subject to the greatest burden: women, chil...
This chapter links the idea of the Brussels bubble to the impact of populism on the EU institutions. Setting out the empirical and normative results of the book, this chapter puts together into a coherent narrative the main points of each section and chapter. It offers a picture of the current situation regarding the impact of populism on the EU, o...
The introductory chapter places the book in the context of the literature on populism and European studies. It serves to sketch the multiple issues and the burning questions that the rise of populism has unwrapped for scholars and practitioners at national and international level. More specifically, it delves into the matter of the impact of populi...
What is the impact of populism on the EU? How did the EU institutions and civil society react to the recent rise of populist parties? To answer such relevant questions and understand populism in terms of ideas, political outcomes, and social dynamics, academia needs to engage with institutional actors, civil society organizations, and policy makers...
Esta investigación pregunta qué rol desempeña la dimensión emocional en el populismo. Adoptando una perspectiva multidisciplinar que une a los estudios contemporáneos sobre populismo con la literatura sobre movimientos sociales y el “giro afectivo”, este trabajo avanza la hipótesis de que para arrojar luz sobre este fenómeno hay que tomarse en seri...
H egemonía, entre contingencia y necesidad En este número de Relaciones Internacionales aprovechamos la ocasión del treinta aniversario de Hegemonía y Estrategia Socialista 1 de Ernesto Laclau y Chantal Mouffe, para volver a reflexionar sobre el alcance analítico y el significado político de uno de los términos más utilizados en las últimas décadas...
La cuestión de la seguridad tiene una importancia central en las sociedades contemporáneas. Los acontecimientos políticos y económicos a nivel global de las últimas décadas han favorecido la difusión de la convicción de que en la actualidad se están multiplicando riesgos sociales, políticos, ecológicos e individuales como nunca antes en la historia...
Nowadays, the revival of extreme right-wing populism as well as the increase of protest movements brings the emotions to the forefront. The political conflict seems then to be controlled by passions such as fear and rage. In this context it is worth asking if passions and emotions should play a role in the democratic political legitimacy. This arti...
The emergence of protest movements, such as the Indignados and Occupy Wall Street, is one of the most remarkable political occurrences in recent years. Social scientists have immediately started analysing these phenomena, highlighting the broad political implications for contemporary democracies, and especially the disaffection towards political in...
The emergence of protest movements, such as the Indignados and Occupy Wall Street, is one of the most remarkable political occurrences in recent years. Social scientists have immediately started analysing these phenomena, highlighting the broad political implications for contemporary democracies, and especially the disaffection towards political in...
Review-essay de:DILLON, Michael, Deconstructing International Politics, Routledge, Nueva York, 2012, ps. 213.NEOCLEOUS, Mark, Critique of security, Edinburgh University Press, Edimburgo, 2008, ps. 256NEOCLEOUS, Mark & RIGAKOS, Georg (ed.), Anti-Security. Red Quill Books, Otawa, 2011, ps. 270
Two contemporary phenomena in the field of immigration force us to reflect upon the relationship between the migration flows and their political management: the tortuous development of the European immigration policies, and the contemporary struggles between member states in the administration and regulation of the last flows of immigrants coming f...
dos volúmenes contiene muchos de los temas que el autor ha desarrollado a lo largo de su carrera. En el libro se tratan cuestiones tales como la política del reconocimiento, la lucha de las poblaciones indígenas por la libertad de autogobierno, el debate sobre las democracias multinacionales o la cues-tión del imperialismo contemporáneo. todas ella...
Resumen: Las actuales repatriaciones de gitanos que el gobierno de Sarkozy ha puesto en marcha nos obliga a reflexionar una vez más sobre la relación entre el fenómeno de las migraciones y su gestión política. En este pequeño ensayo se abordan los temas teóricos que las políticas de inmigración conllevan, con particular atención a la gestión políti...
