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EU cohesion policy: a soulless shell

Niccolò Donati Lack of reforms has made the EU lose sight of its goal ...

NaspRead News, Covid-19 special edition

(edited by Pozzoni e Riva) A press review to understand the Covid-19 emergency with the Social and Political sciences ...

Trust at and outside work: traces of solidarity in the age of coworking

Federico Bianchi Here's what happens to relationships between colleagues when you share your desk with someone who isn't from your company ...

Mediatization 2.0: when readers choose their news

Francesca Arcostanzo A cross-media analysis of Italian newspaper La Repubblica shows why newspapers’ “light” news is gaining the upper hand ...

Flourishing landscapes: resentment and the upsurge of radical right-wing populism in eastern Germany

Hans-Georg Betz In 1989 the Berlin Wall came down. Three decades later, reality has sunk in. And it's sobering ...

How citizens see political parties

Federico Vegetti Viktor Orban's Hungary shows the (lack of) influence of election manifestos on voting behaviour ...

Why it is hard (if not impossible) to abolish the Council of State

Elisa Rebessi Verifying the lawfulness of government regulations takes time, and often delays the implementation of laws. Some consider this a problem, but others benefit from it ...

Precarious workers and unemployed people vote with their wallet, not with their guts

Fedra Negri Social democratic parties are losing support all around Europe. But is it all populists’ fault? Here’s what matters at the ballot box to those who don’t have a steady job ...

When it comes to religion in Eastern Europe, the Berlin Wall never came down

Francesco Molteni Secularization won in the West. Is it true that there’s an orthodoxy revival from Prague to Moscow? What happens to the search for God after the end of Communism...