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This paper starts from four observations: (1) voter turnout is declining in established democracies; (2) low turnout means socio-economically unequal turnout; (3) compulsory voting is an effective means to increase turnout; (4) even low-turnout countries, however, have neither introduced nor even contemplated a legal obligation to vote. A closer look at the arguments against compulsory voting shows that these draw on assumptions from liberal political theory, which defines freedom negatively as non-interference. This concept of freedom has been challenged by "neo-republican" writers who, in the neo-Athenian tradition, understand freedom as "sharing in self-government" and, in the neo-Roman, as "non-domination." Both strands of republicanism attach importance to political participation and, it will be argued, offer reasons to support compulsory voting. The purpose of this paper is to show that opponents to mandatory voting have to rely on liberal assumptions that have not remained uncontested and to outline a republican defense of equal participation.

The paper focuses on systemically important jurisdictions in the global trade network, complementing recent IMF work on systemically important financial sectors. Using the IMF's Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) database and network analysis, the paper develops a framework for ranking jurisdictions based on trade size and trade interconnectedness indicators using data for 2000 and 2010. The results show a near perfect overlap between the top 25 systemically important trade and financial jurisdictions, suggesting that these ought to be the focus of risk-based surveillance on cross-border spi

Global governance and postconflict peacebuilding -- Postconflict peacebuilding -- Crisis of institutionalism -- Crises of state and institutional memory -- Crises of legitimacy and dispossession -- From third to fourth generation peacebuilding -- Fourth generation peacebuilding -- Legitimacy, popular peace, and global governance.

Hauptbeschreibung: Der friedliche Wandel autoritärer Staaten zu Demokratie und Marktwirtschaft stellt Bürger und Politiker vor gewaltige Herausforderungen. Überall auf der Welt ringen reformorientierte Gruppen um Demokratisierung und die Verbesserung der Wirtschaftskraft - unter verschiedenen Ausgangsbedingungen und mit unterschiedlichem Erfolg. Eine kluge politische Steuerung trägt maßgeblich zum Gelingen oder Scheitern solcher Prozesse bei. 2010 legte die Bertelsmann Stiftung zum vierten Mal ihren Transformation Index (BTI) vor. Das globale Ranking bewertet und vergleicht Transformationsprozes