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Wilde, P. de; Leupold, A.; Schmidke, H.: Introduction: the differentiated politicisation of European governance. - S. 3-22. - Grande, E.; Hutter, S.: Beyond authority transfer: explaining the politicisation of Europe. - S. 23-43. - Hoeglinger, D.: The politicisation of European integration in domestic election campaigns. - S. 44-63. - Schmidtke, H.: The differentiated politicisation of European tax governance. - 64-83. - Leupold, A.: A structural approach to politicisation in the Euro crisis. - S. 84-103. - Baglioni, S.; Hurrelmann, A.: The Eurozone crisis and citizen engagement in EU affairs. - S. 104-124. - [

Using data from a 2011 national household survey, this study examines the factors shaping urban residents' prejudice toward rural-to-urban migrants and the impacts of prejudice on rural migrants' integration into urban communities. The author addresses the endogeneity of the prejudice variable by employing an instrumental variable method. The results show that urban residents with higher education and household income report stronger prejudice. Also, urban residents with urban hukou at birth are more prejudiced toward rural migrants. Given that hukou status at birth is tied to parental hukou status, this result implies that prejudice can be transferred across generations. With regards to rural migrants' integration into urban communities, high levels of prejudice in one's current county of residence reduces perceived social standing of rural migrants and increases the number of livelihood problems they encounter. The author also conducts a falsification test, which provides support that the effect of urban residents' prejudice on rural migrants' integration is causal. (J Contemp China/GIGA)

"The article is largely based on a statistical study conducted by the author on Syrians in Egypt in 2013. The statistical study entitled 'Syrian Refugees in Egypt: the challenges of a politically changing environment' traces the situation of Syrian refugees since their arrival in 2011 until August 2013. Building on that study, this article highlights the changes since August 2013 to present, the implications of the continuation of the crisis, and the perspectives for improving the situation." (author's abstract)

Introduction / Cornelia Navari 21. - Crisis, Values, and the Purpose of Science: Hans Morgenthau in Europe / Felix Rösch 23. - Scientific Man vs. Power Politics: A Pamphlet and Its Author between Two Academic Cultures / Hartmut Behr 33. - Politics Among Nations: Revisiting a Classic / Christoph Frei 39. - Hans Morgenthau and the National Interest / Cornelia Navari 47. - Hans Morgenthau and The Purpose of American Politics / Richard Ned Lebow 55. - Death of the Statesman as Tragic Hero: Hans Morgenthau on the Vietnam War / Douglas B. Klusmeyer 63

The view that the 2015 NPT Review Conference failed because of American, British and Canadian obstructionism is misleading, and sometimes disingenuous. (Survival / SWP)

At the Third Plenary of the 18th Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, the Party announced a number of rural reforms. Commentators were quick to pronounce a win for farmers' land rights. However, the broader commitment of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to deepening economic liberalization raises the question: can these reforms protect farmers' rights in the event of land acquisition? The author draws on fieldwork, recent interviews and China's documented history of land acquisition practice to identify four risks posed by these reforms: undervaluation, elite capture, exploitation and the expansion of the urban underclass. The article concludes that China's steadfast resolve to expand capitalism in rural China is undermining its attempts to secure rural property rights. (J Contemp China/GIGA)

The rise and fall of public intellectuals in contemporary China is essentially attributed to the ever changing state-society relations. The author demonstrates that some Chinese public intellectuals have developed a new strategy to promote policy changes in the Hu-Wen era through civic activism in the name of ordinary citizens, by abandoning their traditional capacity as experts or intellectuals. The article summarizes three specific actions of civic activism, namely, 'petition for constitutionality review as citizens', 'provisional voluntary citizen groups' and 'netizen public welfare enterprises'. Cases have been studied to demonstrate that the policy entrepreneurship of public intellectuals in civic activism can be manifested as innovation and strategies that challenge the lacunae between policy and existing institutions. (J Contemp China/GIGA)

Today, with social protests a daily phenomenon in China, the Party-state's survival hinges upon its institutional capacity to prevent, monitor, process information on, and overcome real and potential challenges. Over the past decade, the Communist Party has consistently stressed the critical importance of 'stability preservation' (weiwen) as central to ensuring the longevity of the authoritarian regime. Drawing upon intensive interviews and archival research, this article looks into the stability-preservation system in W County in North China. By exploring the institutional configuration, work mechanisms, daily activities and operational principles of the stability-preservation apparatus in the county, the author seeks to gain insight into the PRC regime's mythical operations of 'system maintenance' and the ways in which the Party-state exerts control over society. (J Contemp China/GIGA)

This article begins with a clarification of the chronology of the 'Great Leap Forward' in Chinese higher education following the 1999 decision to expand. It then provides an in-depth examination of the leapfrogging story by focusing on why universities commonly adopted a development strategy that stressed it was better 'to become larger and more comprehensive'. The author argues that this strategy and its associated 'abnormal' university behavior, particularly in cases where local universities ignored the Ministry of Education directives to slow down enrollment expansion in 2000-2005, were driven by two incentives: (1) to attain a higher bureaucratic rank or status; and (2) to obtain more government funds and more tuition. These two incentives were shaped by the bureaucratic control and management system, and the government funds allocation system respectively. The article concludes with a discussion of the larger implications of this study. (J Contemp China/GIGA)