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Review: Europe Reset
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Europe Reset

...de facto terms, undercutting national accountability. The author dismisses the traditional measures suggested to address this problem. For instance, empowering the European Parliament will not work, he argues, because it is divided along simplistic pro- and anti-integration lines, and lacks legitimacy with citizens. Indeed, he accurately points out that the EU already has...
Italy: What happens next?
Society, Politics & Law

Italy: What happens next?

...de facto pro-cyclical monetary policy that produces empty inflationary euphoria. Member states with a high inflation rate face a lower real interest rate and vice versa, while countries with a low inflation rate improve their competitiveness through a depreciating real exchange rate. Italy is part of the high-inflation, low RIR and high RER member states, while Germany is...
The World Cup has already been won... by Karpatalja
Society, Politics & Law

The World Cup has already been won... by Karpatalja

...CONIFA professes to gather 166m people from 47 member entities, a mix of “nations, de-facto nations, regions, minority peoples and sports-isolated territories”. It’s a non-profit organisation that aims to “build bridges between people, nations, minorities and isolated regions all over the world through friendship, culture and the joy of playing football”. International sporting organisations typically frame their ......
Airbus and Brexit: What do you need to know?
Money & Business

Airbus and Brexit: What do you need to know?

...de Cadiz (one of three ships used to transport wings) ran aground in 2013 – would be avoided. It would make logistical sense for them to be made on-site, making the operation more efficient and able to run on a truly just-in-time basis. However, efficiency has never been at the centre of Airbus’s decision-making, with components and major sections being made across...
Euro 24: What’s happening and who to watch out for
Health, Sports & Psychology

Euro 24: What’s happening and who to watch out for

...de Bruyne and Virgil van Dijk, there will be a new generation of young players to look out for. Lamine Yamal of Spain is a right winger who made his Barcelona debut at 15 and became Spain’s youngest goal scorer when he scored on his debut aged 16. While Germany have high hopes for Jamal Musiala, the exciting attacking midfielder, Florian Wirtz was an inspiration behind...
Left behind?
Society, Politics & Law

Left behind?

...De Niro, Marilyn Monroe, Nicole Kidman, Lewis Carroll, Bart Simpson, Harpo Marx, Spike Lee, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Uri Geller, Albert Einstein, Napoleon Bonaparte, Aristotle, Marie Curie, Joan of Arc, Winston Churchill, Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William, Bobby Charlton, Pele, Diego Maradona, and Martina Navratilova got in common? Not got...
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How time and place matter for migrants’ social mobility
Society, Politics & Law

How time and place matter for migrants’ social mobility

...de-skilling by building new cultural capital, such as professional credentials in the destination society. Second, migrants' strategies and positionings operate across different fields. For example, among our interview participants, we have found that within the field of family, caring for children may be an obstacle to migrant women accessing the labour market and...
Indigenous ceremonies and climate change
Nature & Environment

Indigenous ceremonies and climate change

...de Papantla erected a tall pole in a park near the Grenville Tower, London, and the performers enacted a 1500-year-old ceremony originally intended to end a long-lasting drought. While one person stood on a small platform at the top of the pole, four others, roped to the pole, “flew” to the ground in unfurling spirals. You can see part of this in an extract from an OU...