Europe: Political, Not Cosmopolitan

Teaching Political Science in Europe

Thisarticle first reviews the history of political science teaching in Europebefore going on to consider a range of recent developments in the teaching of politicalscience, including cross-national joint programmers; technologically enhancedlearning; placement learning and problem-based learning. The last sectionconsiders a range of issues facing political science teachers, includingfinancial p...

Societal Discrimination against Muslims in Europe: Racism and Political Opportunism

Is Democracy Possible, Part II: Cosmopolitan Ideas and the Problem of Global Political Community

All communities are imagined. The ‘global community’ is no exception to that rule. But imagination turns into a tangible, potent, effective integrating force when aided by socially produced and socially sustained institutions of collective self-identification and self-government, as it was in the case of modern nations wedded for better or worse and till death-dothem-part to modern sovereign st...

Political Regimes, Political Ideology, and Self-Rated Health in Europe: A Multilevel Analysis

BACKGROUND Studies on political ideology and health have found associations between individual ideology and health as well as between ecological measures of political ideology and health. Individual ideology and aggregate measures such as political regimes, however, were never examined simultaneously. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Using adjusted logistic multilevel models to analyze data on ...

The Impact of Political Engagement on Social and Political Tolerance Toward Immigrants in Southern Europe

Research in the area of attitudes towards immigration could benefit from a more thorough discussion of the relationship between degrees of political engagement and trust towards specific social institutions and the variance of political and social tolerance towards immigrants. Drawing upon three general theories: realistic group conflict theory, social identification theory, and institutional t...