Books and publications

The views and opinions expressed in these publications are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Association of Schools of Political Studies or the Council of Europe.

Europe and the Spectre of Post-Growth Society
Ambassador Piotr Świtalski, Director of Policy Planning of the Council of Europe (2010-2014)

Based on the debates of the Council of Europe Schools of Political Studies from 2012 to 2013, Piotr Świtalski's collection of essays analyse major societal concerns facing Europe and explore the relevance of the European project and its capacity to address the threats to democracy. What role can the Council of Europe play in providing creative solutions to the challenges?
Strasbourg, February 2014

Global Civics: Responsibilities and Rights in an Interdependent World
Edited by Hakan Altinay, Director of the Turkish School of Political Studies

Washington DC: Brookings Insitution Press, 2011
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Building Europe, democracy and civil society from Russia to Balkans
The Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe – Interviews

Denis Rolland, Janina Duda, Luisa Fenu, Irène Marsili, Raluka Mihaila, Marie Neihouser and Giulia Pastor
Paris: L’Harmattan, April 2011
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The crisis of leadership

Synthesis of the Summer University for Democracy 2010
Noémie Schoen, European Association of the Schools of Political Studies
Strasbourg, June 2010

synthesis 2009 Global challenges to democracy

Synthesis of the Summer University for Democracy 2009
Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs
Council of Europe, June 2010