2011 Programme: Reassessing... Politics

Conservative governments may be back in power across Europe, with social democracy on the run, but is this a simple story of the return of the right? Are Conservatives still conservative? Social democrats democratic? What do we make of the struggles for gay rights and feminism now they seem to be the new normal? And, meanwhile, have the people, so long shut out of European politics, begun to find a voice?

PRODUCED BY: Neil Davenport.

INTRODUCED BY: Neil Davenport.

Sunday 30 October 2011
9.45am to 10.30am Courtyard Gallery
Sunday 30 October 2011
10.45am to 12.15pm Courtyard Gallery
Sunday 30 October 2011
12.30pm to 1.30pm Courtyard Gallery
Sunday 30 October 2011
1.45pm to 3.15pm Courtyard Gallery
Sunday 30 October 2011
3.45pm to 5.15pm Courtyard Gallery
Sunday 30 October 2011
5.30pm to 6.30pm Courtyard Gallery

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