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Emergency politics beyond the state: Europe’s exceptional transformation

Webinar

A webinar on the politics of emergency

Crises often provoke political reactions that bend or suspend established rules and norms. While this phenomenon has found constitutional expression in the ‘state of exception’ at the domestic level, contingencies that cross borders, such as the Euro crisis or Covid-19, incite new forms of emergency politics beyond the state. 

This panel discussion explores the dynamics, drivers and consequences of today’s exceptional politics in the European Union. Departing from two recent books by Kreuder-Sonnen and White, the speakers examine how the script of emergency rule gets transferred to the transnational setting, how it shapes the public communication of EU actors, and what questions of legitimacy arise. The discussion builds on a Debate Section forthcoming in the Journal of European Public Policy

Hosted by the LSE European Institute, and the UCL European Institute, as part of the UCL European Politics Series.

Speakers: 

Dr Christian Kreuder-Sonnen, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Organizations, Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Dr Christian Rauh, Political scientist in the Global Governance unit of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center; Professor Berthold Rittberger, Chair of Political Science and International Relations, LMU Munich; Professor Vivien Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration &  Professor of International Relations and Political Science at Boston University; Professor Jonathan P. White, Deputy Head of the LSE European Institute and Professor in Politics, LSE

 

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This online public event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required. Register by clicking here.

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25 May 2021