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Global Power Europe - Vol. 1, 2013
This two volume project provides a multi sectoral perspective over the EU's external projections ... more This two volume project provides a multi sectoral perspective over the EU's external projections from traditional as well as critical theoretical and institutional perspectives, and is supported by numerous case studies covering the whole extent of the EU's external relations. The aim is to strive to present new approaches as well as detailed background studies in analyzing the EU as a global actor.
This contribution tries to shed some light on the specific challenges of protecting both human ri... more This contribution tries to shed some light on the specific challenges of protecting both human rights and human security in the information society. Specific challenges indeed arise when attempting to reconcile the countervailing interests of privacy, freedom and security: the protection of some basic rights, particularly relevant in our contemporary information and knowledge society, such as the right to privacy and freedom of expression, seem in some cases to be undermined in the name of public security"s concerns. Such rights are analyzed in their specific interconnection with the legitimate protection of public interest and security, yet recognizing that a broader definition of this concept is needed. A particular attention is dedicated to the analysis of the use of the proportionality principle as an essential tool for adjudication, especially of constitutional rights. This analysis shows how the application of the proportionality principle is not always sufficient in order to guarantee the supremacy of human rights, yet it can still be considered as a safeguard against the indiscriminate use of legislative and administrative powers exercised by a state or a public authority. It seems essential to find adequate solutions for * E.MA.
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Media and public opinion have always played a specific function in Western societies when talking... more Media and public opinion have always played a specific function in Western societies when talking about ethnic minorities and the formation of collective identities. The aim of this paper is to analyze the role that these actors play in the construction of a geo-cultural sense of identity and symbolic representation. The media will be considered as an essential tool for shaping (or re-shaping) the collective identity of a nation, as playing an important role in social cohesion (or social conflict), in social inclusion (or exclusion), as well as in the propagation of a more or less homogeneous picture of a country. Politicians, educators, scholars and media élites control the access to most public discourse and play an important role in the production of racial and ethnic inequalities in society, having s specific liability in these forms of discursive racism as well as a specific control over minority groups. The thesis is that, in a time of multiculturalism, where homogenous societies are becoming ethnically diverse, when we are assisting to the crisis of the old concept of Nation-state and Westphalian system, media have an essential role in recognizing this change in Western states promoting a new, inclusive definition of national identity.
This contribution builds on my previous research: "Behind the Charter: transparency, legal securi... more This contribution builds on my previous research: "Behind the Charter: transparency, legal security, political participation. The Charter's added value?", paper presented in the framework of IFL-CEDIS research project "Post-national Sovereignty: The EU path towards a political identity", Available online at: http://www.postnationaleu.ifl.pt/.
Protecting Minority Rights: Intercultural Dialogue as an instrument of social conflict prevention... more Protecting Minority Rights: Intercultural Dialogue as an instrument of social conflict prevention to tackle racism and xenophobia and promoting nondiscrimination and respect for Diversity.
Global Power Europe - Vol. 1, 2013
This two volume project provides a multi sectoral perspective over the EU's external projections ... more This two volume project provides a multi sectoral perspective over the EU's external projections from traditional as well as critical theoretical and institutional perspectives, and is supported by numerous case studies covering the whole extent of the EU's external relations. The aim is to strive to present new approaches as well as detailed background studies in analyzing the EU as a global actor.
This contribution tries to shed some light on the specific challenges of protecting both human ri... more This contribution tries to shed some light on the specific challenges of protecting both human rights and human security in the information society. Specific challenges indeed arise when attempting to reconcile the countervailing interests of privacy, freedom and security: the protection of some basic rights, particularly relevant in our contemporary information and knowledge society, such as the right to privacy and freedom of expression, seem in some cases to be undermined in the name of public security"s concerns. Such rights are analyzed in their specific interconnection with the legitimate protection of public interest and security, yet recognizing that a broader definition of this concept is needed. A particular attention is dedicated to the analysis of the use of the proportionality principle as an essential tool for adjudication, especially of constitutional rights. This analysis shows how the application of the proportionality principle is not always sufficient in order to guarantee the supremacy of human rights, yet it can still be considered as a safeguard against the indiscriminate use of legislative and administrative powers exercised by a state or a public authority. It seems essential to find adequate solutions for * E.MA.
Media and public opinion have always played a specific function in Western societies when talking... more Media and public opinion have always played a specific function in Western societies when talking about ethnic minorities and the formation of collective identities. The aim of this paper is to analyze the role that these actors play in the construction of a geo-cultural sense of identity and symbolic representation. The media will be considered as an essential tool for shaping (or re-shaping) the collective identity of a nation, as playing an important role in social cohesion (or social conflict), in social inclusion (or exclusion), as well as in the propagation of a more or less homogeneous picture of a country. Politicians, educators, scholars and media élites control the access to most public discourse and play an important role in the production of racial and ethnic inequalities in society, having s specific liability in these forms of discursive racism as well as a specific control over minority groups. The thesis is that, in a time of multiculturalism, where homogenous societies are becoming ethnically diverse, when we are assisting to the crisis of the old concept of Nation-state and Westphalian system, media have an essential role in recognizing this change in Western states promoting a new, inclusive definition of national identity.
This contribution builds on my previous research: "Behind the Charter: transparency, legal securi... more This contribution builds on my previous research: "Behind the Charter: transparency, legal security, political participation. The Charter's added value?", paper presented in the framework of IFL-CEDIS research project "Post-national Sovereignty: The EU path towards a political identity", Available online at: http://www.postnationaleu.ifl.pt/.
Protecting Minority Rights: Intercultural Dialogue as an instrument of social conflict prevention... more Protecting Minority Rights: Intercultural Dialogue as an instrument of social conflict prevention to tackle racism and xenophobia and promoting nondiscrimination and respect for Diversity.