Shifting baselines of Europe : : new perspectives beyond neoliberalism and nationalism / / edited by Daphne Büllesbach [and three others].

• HerausgeberIn: European Alternatives
• TeilnehmendeR: Büllesbach, Daphne,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld, Germany : : Transcript Verlag,, [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: X-Texte zu Kultur und Gesellschaft
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (215 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).

This book opens the often narrow discourse on the future of Europe and criticises the false dichotomy between nationalism on the one hand and a neoliberal version of Europe on the other. Existing emancipatory projects from across the continent are presented together with reflections on strategies to achieve a democratic Europe beyond the nation state: from the municipal level to the level of transnational media, from technology and counter-surveillance to the systemic change provided by the commons movement and more. The shift towards a new way of thinking and doing politics is possible! With contributions by Etienne Balibar, Ulrike Guérot, Gesine Schwan, Renata Avila, Barbara Spinelli, Andreas Karitzis, Lorenzo Marsili, Jonas Staal, among others, and interviews with city governors from Madrid to Naples.

»In sum, what is particularly convincing about the theme of this publication is that it releases the reader from a dichotomous discursive straightjacket. Instead of reproducing the binary discourse of being for or against, respectively in our out of Europe, it opens up alternative spaces and pathways for more creative political practices.« Antje Scharenberg, http://blogs.lse.ac.uk, 8 (2017) »The book proves that a shift towards a new way of thinking and doing politics is not only possible, but actually already happening.« https://euroalter.com, 8 /(2017) O-Ton: »Tausend Europas« - Lukas Stolz im Interview bei engagée. O-Ton: »Mehr Solidarität, bitte!« - Daphne Büllesbach und Lukas Stolz am 27.7. im Gespräch mit Till Gentzsch auf fluter.de. »This book is essential reading for anyone not just involved with European affairs, but concerned about the state of the EU and looking for the evidence that change is possible for the better.« Tony Venables, www.ecit-foundation.eu, 6 (2017) Besprochen in: Commons Network Newsletter, 7 (2017) https://www.uni-wh.de, 31.05.2017

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note from the editors -- Shifting the baselines -- Our European incapacity -- Our European capacity. -- Which Europe do we want? -- Rediscovering Hannah Arendt's concept of integral federalism -- Introduction -- The magnet and the container. A transnational space of expression for "Cities of change" through Europe -- The cities want them in. For a revised common European refugee policy to revive the European Union -- Rebel cities are not utopia -- Institutions mean inertia -- Moment of confluence on the Atlantic coast -- This is how you win an election -- Forerunners of Italian municipalism -- Don't let them d(r)own -- Cities rejecting surveillance -- Introduction -- The Populist Challenge 2.0. How populism profits from social media -- Contesting the shrinking media space in Slovakia -- Fluid media landscapes -- Networked protest for a populist age -- Journalism in spite of everything Interview with Esther Alonso, eldiario.es -- We are the newcomers Interview with Ramy Al-Asheq, Abwab -- Our digitally mediated society -- Introduction -- A rigged economy in a rigged democracy -- Breaking with the rules that ruin the Union -- Social networks of influence in Europe - and beyond -- Learning from Syriza -- The commons as unifying political vision -- Instructions for building a pan-European movement -- Together means Razem -- The birth of a new civic platform in Romania -- The Rojava Revolution and the model of democracy without a state -- Works by Democratic Self-Administration of Rojava and Studio Jonas Staal. New World Summit Rojava (2015-2017) -- A revolution of life -- Annex..