Five minutes with Ulrich Beck: ‘Germany has created an accidental empire’

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Series Details 25.03.13
Publication Date 25/03/2013
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Are we now living in a German Europe? In an interview with EUROPP editors Stuart A Brown and Chris Gilson, Ulrich Beck discusses German dominance of the European Union, the divisive effects of austerity policies, and the relevance of his concept of the ‘risk society’ to the current problems being experienced in the Eurozone.

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