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"Stefan Lange stellt das Problem politischer Steuerung in den Mittelpunkt seiner Aufmerksamkeit. Nachdem Luhmann in einer Auseinandersetzung mit Fritz Scharpf 1989 die Möglichkeit politischer Steuerung radikal in Frage gestellt hatte, was die Politikwissenschaft ins Mark traf, arbeitet Lange heraus, daß politische Einflußnahme auf die Gesellschaft durchaus möglich bleibt, vor allem qua Organisation, in ihren Auswirkungen aber unvorhersehbar ist. Wenn daher von politischer Steuerung die Rede ist, handelt es sich zunächst und vor allem um die Selbststeuerung des politischen Systems, nicht mehr und nicht weniger." (Autorenreferat)

Der Beitrag geht von Walter Bagehots Buch über die englische Verfassung aus, das 1867 publiziert wurde. Das Buch erreichte Klassikerstatus, obwohl der Autor in seiner Analyse die Überlegenheit des britischen "cabinet government" als Regierungsform nachzuweisen versucht, welche noch im gleichen Jahr durch die Stärkung der Position des Premierministers massiv verändert wurde. Gültig bleiben jedoch die Strukturmerkmale, die Bagehot bei parlamentarischen Regierungssystemen herausgearbeitet hat. Der Beitrag betrachtet hier speziell die politikdidaktische Erziehungsfunktion. Bagehot hat keinen Zweifel, dass die breite Öffentlichkeit davon profitiert, den Debatten im Parlament zu folgen. Als Vergleichsland für seine Analyse des britischen Regierungssystems dienten ihm die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Der Beitrag geht den Fragen nach, ob Bagehots USA-Sicht genauso präzise ist wie seine Analyse des britischen Systems und ob es im heutigen politischen System der USA auch eine "teaching function" gibt. (ICB2).

Wissenschaftlich-theoretische Analyse

AbstractDuring the past decade, the Chinese government has pursued greater engagement with a range of international legal regimes. China's expanded participation in international regimes for trade and human rights, for example, can provide deeper understanding of the factors influencing China's international behaviour. Building upon scholarly perspectives about institutional compliance with treaty texts and the influence of local conditions on China's policies and practice, this article examines China's participation in international legal regimes for trade and human rights in light of dynamics of normative engagement and the paradigm of selective adaptation. Normative tensions help explain China's policies and practices on compliance with the WTO trade regime, while the imperative of normative engagement helps explain much about China's international human rights diplomacy.

Light, M.: The European Union's Russian foreign policy. - S. 13-24 Khudoley, K.: The modern Russian policy towards Europe. - S. 25-38 Borko, Y.: The Russian perception of Europe. - S. 39-47 Kerkhofs, J.: Values in Russia: an introduction. - S. 49-70 Löwenhardt, J.: Russia, the countries 'in-between' and Europe's dual enlargement. - S. 71-80 Verpoest, L.: Russia and Ukraine: together to Europe? - S. 81-100 Danilov, D.: Russian security policy and the developing EU-Russia relationship in the political and security field. - S. 101-115 Ronin, V.: Russia: outside Europe? - S. 117-131 Ekonomtsev, I.: The role of the Orthodox Church in the formation of the Russian self-consciousness. - S. 133-144 Vanheusden, K.: Doing business with the Russian Federation: legal and regulatory aspects of exporting to Russia. - S. 145-1159 Malfleit, K.: Russia and the European Union: towards a strategic partnership? - S. 161-175

The liberal security order in the Indo-Pacific led by the US has been transitioning to one managed by a US-led security network. As a result, the geostrategic competition between the US and China has also been transforming to one between this US-led network and China. In the process, Japan, Australia, and India have emerged as major 'nodes' of the network. In this context, this paper adopts the concept of 'network power' to claim that South Korea—while it still favors being a part of the network—is concerned that it would be relegated to the status of a small peripheral node mainly 'tied' to Japan, the regional hub of the network in Northeast Asia. To mitigate this concern, South Korea attempts to avoid unnecessarily seeming to exclude China while still favoring the network; aligns with other regional nodes in the network, whether Australia, India, or some ASEAN states; and increasingly frames its role as that of an active 'order-shaper' rather than a passive 'order-taker'. (Pac Rev/GIGA)

The modern era is facing unprecedented governance challenges in striving to achieve long-term sustainability goals and to limit human impacts on the Earth system. This volume synthesizes a decade of multidisciplinary research into how diverse actors exercise authority in environmental decision making, and their capacity to deliver effective, legitimate and equitable Earth system governance. Actors from the global to the local level are considered, including governments, international organizations and corporations. Chapters cover how state and non-state actors engage with decision-making processes, the relationship between agency and structure, and the variations in governance and agency across different spheres and tiers of society. Providing an overview of the major questions, issues and debates, as well as the theories and methods used in studies of agency in earth system governance, this book provides a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers, as well as practitioners and policy makers working in environmental governance.

"In 'postdemokratischen' politischen Systemen haben die Bürger nur noch wenig Einfluss auf die Inputseite des politischen Prozesses. Stattdessen wächst die Relevanz politischer Führer - die Entscheidungen treffen und durchsetzen müssen." (Autorenreferat)

It is noted that the crisis in the modern world is one of the threats to further development, but the crisis also accompanies the formation of our civilization. Understanding how and in what direction humanity will develop depends on what communication system we will mount and how this system of relationships will function. To understand how to develop an effective system of global development, how to build the architecture of the New World Order, we need to understand how humanity has evolved and is evolving now. The author will present his own interpretation of the term "New World Order" as an order of modern times, the next stage of human evolution, the system of international relations, politics, economic relations, devoid of crisis and conflict manifestations at the interstate and international levels. In the historical context, especially at the time of the formation of new forms of government, when humanity moved from a monarchical system of government to the republican, the term new world order, meant a new system of government, ie the republic. Accordingly, the old world order was recognized as a monarchy. In this context, the term "New World Order" can be used as an order of new times, ie a new social order that replaces the old one.