It reviews this impact on the European Parliament, the European Commission and a set of EU-level civil society organizations. It argues that, as a consequence of the impact of populist formations, a fragmented reaction has occurred in each of the institutional domains considered.
About the speaker
Carlo Ruzza (MA SUNY, PhD Harvard) is Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Trento where he teaches courses on European Studies and Political Sociology. He has previously taught at the University of Leicester, the University of Essex and the University of Surrey, and was a Jean Monnet fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. He has written broadly on EU politics, social movements, civil society organizations, human rights, populism and right-wing parties. His research interests focus upon social movements, populism and right-wing parties. He is also interested in advocacy processes at European level, which include a focus on the efforts of civil society groups to affect policy-making in areas such as EU anti-discrimination policy and environmental policy.
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Carlo Ruzza (MA SUNY, PhD Harvard) is Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Trento where he teaches courses on European Studies and Political Sociology. He has previously taught at the University of Leicester, the University of Essex and the University of Surrey, and was a Jean Monnet fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. He has written broadly on EU politics, social movements, civil society organizations, human rights, populism and right-wing parties. His research interests focus upon social movements, populism and right-wing parties. He is also interested in advocacy processes at European level, which include a focus on the efforts of civil society groups to affect policy-making in areas such as EU anti-discrimination policy and environmental policy.
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