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EURA Conversation #80
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Conversation #80
STANDING UP FOR DEMOCRACY AND INTERNATIONALISM
by Robin Hambleton, University of the West of England, United Kingdom
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The editors have invited me to write this, the 80th contribution to our series of international EURA Conversations. This is an honour for me. The downside is that they have asked me to provide some overall reflections on the series and on possible ways forward. Given the sheer diversity of contributions this is a bit of a challenge! I have decided to focus on the core values that have guided our many conversations – not least because they are also the values that shaped the creation of EURA almost thirty years ago.
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On a sunny day in late September 1997 sixty urban scholars from sixteen different countries joined with a group of senior policy makers from the European Commission in Brussels to share ideas on how to [Keep reading...]
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