Publication Democracy and the Welfare State Doing the right thing? Sweden's January Agreement one Year on The once powerful Social Democratic Party in Sweden is under pressure to remain the dominant political voice of the contemporary working class. Additionally, the 73-point agreement in January 2019 that was struck between the Social...
News 50 Years of Palme and Brandt International Social Democracy celebrates two important anniversaries in October 2019. Fifty years ago, on October 14th 1969, Olof Palme became Prime minister. Just seven days later, Willy Brandt became the first social democratic...
News Event Presentation and Discussion: A Toolbox for the EU to Safeguard Democracy in Member States The European Union’s fundamental values have come under pressure in several member states. Recently, EU institutions have shown more commitment to defending fundamental values and EU interventions have garnered more support among member...
News Event Vad säger européer om migration i sociala medier? Europa delar en yttre gräns, men debatter och samtal om migration är oftast nationella. I alla EU:s medlemsstater är migration ett viktigt tema inte minst i sociala medier. Och även om det man delar oftast har en stark lokal koppling, så...
News Event Triumpf of the Woman? The Female Face of the Populist & Far Right in Europe Women voters were long thought to be relatively immune to the election policies advocated by right-wing populists and right-wing extremist parties. That has changed, however. In absolute terms the proportion of women voters for most of...
News Event A Toolbox for the EU to Safeguard Democracy in Member States The European Union’s fundamental values have come under pressure in several member states. Recently, EU institutions have shown more commitment to defending fundamental values and EU interventions have garnered more support among member...
Event Progressive Answers to Populism What gives rise to right-wing populism? How has it affected our political reality, and how can we fight it? These questions among others will be discussed together with academics and politicians at our seminar hosted by Kalevi Sorsa...
News Event Is Sweden in Danger in Turning into SD’s Role Model Hungary? The Swedish Democrats have pointed out Hungary as a clear example of an SD-controlled Sweden. What does that mean? What has happened to democracy and human rights in Hungary when politics has been turned in a highly right-wing and...
News Event In Times of Growing Right-Wing Populism – what are effective counter-strategies? What can be done by progressive parties and unions to reclaim action in these times of growing right-wing populism? We have invited the author of the Norwegian case study, Ketil Raknes, to present his findings and discuss the way...
