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Welche Rolle spielt Deutschland in der europäischen und internationalen Politik? Und wie steht es um die innere Verfasstheit Deutschlands? 25 Jahre nach den weltpolitischen Umbrüchen und der deutschen Wiedervereinigung ist es berechtigt, eine Standortbestimmung vorzunehmen.Die Autorinnen und Autoren untersuchen zum einen Deutschlands Rolle in Europa und im globalen Machtgefüge, inbesondere das transatlantische Verhätnis und neue Herausforderungen für das deutsche Enegagement im internationalen Rahmen. Zum anderen widmen sich die Beiträge innenpolitischen Aspekten wie der Weiterentwicklung des deutschen Föderalismus, der Spannung zwischen repräsentativer und direkter Demorkatie, den Veränderungen der politischen Kultur – auch sichtbar an den aktuellen Protestbewegungen - sowie der Bildungspolitik.

Argues that International relations has been ahistoric & Eurocentric, especially in relation to Ancient & Imperial China, which evolved independently of European influence until modern times. Three historical forms of international order in China are analyzed: a multi-state system in Ancient China with a comparison to the ideas & institutions in the modern European international system; the Imperial Chinese world order, Pax Sinica, which prevailed in China for two millennia; & the eventual encounter with European international society & the transformation of the Imperial China empire. Central to the empire was the tribute system of trade relations based on a hierarchy informed by Confucian values. This system could not survive in an age of European expansion & initiated the third great transformation of Chinese international relations that brings China into an emerging global society. The author concludes that the field of International relations needs to go beyond Eurocentrism by addressing the diversity & richness offered by an historical perspective of China. 1 Table. J. Moses

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If the term were given its literal meaning, international law would be law between 'nations'. It is often described instead as being primarily between states. But this conceals the diversity of the nations or state-like entities that have personality in international law or that have had it historically. This text reconceptualizes statehood by positioning it within that wider family of state-like entities. In this monograph, Rowan Nicholson contends that states themselves have diverse legal underpinnings.