Books Presentation: Pursuing Democracy

• Florence School of Transnational Governance

A double book presentation by Fabrizio Tassinari and Richard Youngs on the combined topic of pursuing democracy.

Join us for a double book presentation as we discuss Fabrizio Tassinari's 'The Pursuit of Governance: Nordic Dispatches on a New Middle Way' and Richard Youngs' 'Rebuilding European Democracy: Resistance and Renewal in an Illiberal Age'.

From different perspectives, both books shed light on the predicament and promise of governance and democracy in today's Europe. Tassinari's book gives a deeply personal account of the author's experience living and working in public policy in Europe's North, and the wide-range of lessons he drew from that. Youngs' book, on the other hand, draws on his decade-long research to explain the erosion of democracy in Europe, and how institutions and citizens are pushing back.

Discussants:

• Alexander Stubb, Director, STG, EUI
• Fabrizio Tassinari, Executive Director, STG, EUI
• Richard Youngs, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe
• Philip Stephens, Visiting Fellow, STG, EUI, and contributing editor, Financial Times
• Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professor, STG, EUI