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In Europe

A new issue of Review of European Studies is out. Direct Democracy: Citizen initiatives come to Europe. More and more on The New Old World by Perry Anderson. Even if it spoke with one voice, how much would Europe really count? Nothing to fear: Misreading Muslim immigration in Europe. An article on the decline of Europe's social democratic parties. All bark, no bite: Clay Risen on the decline of Germany’s Social Democrats. The end of Switzerland: The economic crisis and rising xenophobia are breaking down the great Swiss myths and undoing this once unique model nation (and more and more and more and more). Wherever Italy goes these days, the Democratic Party in its present form is unlikely to be leading the way; there is no question, however, that Italy is moving into a new situation. I predict a riot: An article on Italy after Berlusconi. Angst on the Aegean: Crises can force even the most dysfunctional governments to change — and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou aims to prove it. Ode on a Grecian Pile of Crap: Vice visits Athens’s secret and massive garbage town. The new power of the pink press: A look at how British and Czech conservatives fumble in gay interviews. A review of Czechoslovakia: The State That Failed by Mary Heimann (and more). Culture creep: Slovak leader Robert Fico deploys national culture as a political weapon. You say Lwow, I say Lviv: A guide to Eastern Europe's most tedious arguments. A turning point for Europe’s East: The next decade will determine its direction. The centre cannot hold: The borderlands of Europe should not be left behind. Forget core against periphery in Europe: the true divide is north against south.