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There are numerous studies on the role of power-sharing agreements in the maintenance of peace in postconflict states. Less explored, however, is the impact of power sharing on the quality of the peace. Do power-sharing institutions in fact transform the balance of power among actors in the aftermath of civil wars? And if so, how? As they address these issues, seeking to establish a new research agenda, the authors provide a rich new analytical approach to understanding how power sharing actually works

Die 12 Beiträge des vorliegenden Sammelbands versuchen quer zu bestehenden Disziplinen und Diskursen dem Zusammenhang von Information und Macht nachzugehen. Informationsforschung ist ein Forschungsfeld, das unterschiedliche disziplinäre Zugangsweisen - sie reichen von der Soziologie über Wirtschaftsinformatik bis zur Kunst - zu verbinden vermag. Die Autoren wollen die Fruchtbarkeit dieses inter- und intradisziplinären Unternehmens an den folgenden Themenkomplexen demonstrieren: (1) 'Information' - Wie weit trägt der Begriff; (2) Kommunikation im Netz - Neue Kooperationsformen und informationelle Disparitäten; (3) Konkrete Arbeitswelt versus virtuelle Realität. Die Fülle empirischer Studien zum Thema verleihen dem Band die Aktualität, die angesichts der politisch brisanten Frage von informationeller Ungleichheit geboten ist. (ICE2)

This Article is about "local power." We use that term in two distinct but complementary ways. First, local power describes the authority of local governments to enact regulatory policies in the interests of their citizens. Second, local power describes the authority of local governments to exercise proprietary control over the sources and delivery of electric power to their citizens. This dual meaning of local power is particularly important today, as an increasing number of local governments are seriously considering "municipalizing"--taking control of local electric power systems-—at the same time that, outside the electric power sector, many states are constraining local regulatory power by displacing or "preempting" local initiatives in a broad range of environmental, economic, and social policy arenas. Building on this dual meaning of local power, this Article constructs a new and important link between two existing bodies of legal scholarship: (1) state and local government law, with a focus on the recent, aggressive state preemption of local environmental, economic, and social regulatory policies, and (2) energy law, with a focus on the broad authority that exists in virtually every state for local governments to act in a proprietary capacity to control the generation and delivery of electric power to their citizens to meet a broad range of economic, environmental, political, social, and racial equity goals. In establishing this new connection between the two scholarly fields, we illustrate how local communities' exercise of control over electric power systems creates a potential safe harbor from the well-documented trend of increased state preemption of local regulatory authority in many states across the country. This creates opportunities for local governments to use their long-standing proprietary powers to supply electricity to their citizens as a means to meet many of the same economic, environmental protection, and social and racial equity goals they have historically attempted to achieve through ...

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Introduction: Australia as a Pacific power? -- Part 1 Australia's evolving strategic interests in the Pacific Islands -- 1 From colonial concerns to benign neglect -- 2 From constructive commitment to partnership and engagement -- Part 2 The levers of Australian influence -- 3 Military intervention -- 4 Defence assistance -- 5 State-building assistance -- 6 Economic tools -- 7 Diplomacy -- Part 3 The limits on Australian influence -- 8 The geopolitical landscape -- 9 The evolving regional order -- Conclusion: Pacific partner in an 'arc of opportunity' -- Appendix: List of interviews -- Bibliography -- Index

We use cooperative game theory to analyze the impact of three controversial pipeline projects on the power structure in the Eurasian trade of natural gas. Two of them, Nord Stream and South Stream, allow Russian gas to bypass transit countries, Ukraine and Belarus. Nord Stream's strategic value turns out to be huge, justifying the high investment cost for Germany and Russia. The additional leverage obtained through South Stream, in contrast, appears small. The third project, Nabucco, aims at diversifying Europe's gas imports by accessing producers in Middle East and Central Asia. It curtails Russia's power, but the benefits accrue mainly to Turkey, while the gains for the EU are negligible.