Alliances Rebalanced? The Social Meaning of the U.S. Pivot and Allies' Responses in Northeast Asia
In: The Korean Journal of International Studies, Band 15, Heft 1, S. 1
In: The Korean Journal of International Studies, Band 15, Heft 1, S. 1
In: Asien: the German journal on contemporary Asia, Band 139, S. 44-74
ISSN: 0721-5231
The phrase "unintended consequences" is often used in the political (science) discourse, yet it still remains theoretically underspecified. We conceptualize unintended consequences in role theoretical terms in three steps, and then apply it to the United States' policy vis-a-vis the Asia-Pacific region under the Obama administration - the so-called "Pivot to Asia." First, we model unintended consequences as a gap be-tween the initial role-taking of an actor and the deviant but commensurate counter-role taking of an Other. Second, we examine the Obama administration's initial role-taking in the diplomatic, security, and economic realms, under the assumption that domestic contestation in the US may lead to unclear signaling about the Pivot's intentions. Third, we investigate counter-role taking by Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia in order to draw conclusions about their interpretation of US role-taking and its consequences for the region's social structure. Our analysis exposes differentiated patterns of unintended consequences due to deviant counter-role taking by these nations vis-a-vis the US, China, and other actors in the region along all three dimensions of the Pivot. (Asien/GIGA)
World Affairs Online
In: Global policy: gp, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 548-556
ISSN: 1758-5899
AbstractInternet based technology constitutes one of the most important policy innovations in the last decades. Its diffusion has been rapid, widespread and sustained. The increase has raised questions about its drivers. The article focuses on an aspect of this dynamic that has been neglected so far: the variance between and among democracies and autocracies and their respective subtypes. Moreover, the majority of studies tackles the diffusion of e‐government techniques, excluding the important array of e‐participation. Our analysis thus offers a broader and more differentiated account of the adoption of online tools by governments. The findings indicate that the adoption of e‐government and e‐participation techniques varies substantially between and among democratic and autocratic regime types as well as over time and in kind.
In: Cooperation and conflict: journal of the Nordic International Studies Association, Band 50, Heft 1, S. 146-165
ISSN: 0010-8367
In: Cooperation and conflict: journal of the Nordic International Studies Association, Band 50, Heft 1, S. 146-165
ISSN: 0010-8367
World Affairs Online
In der letzten Veranstaltung der Reihe "Wer regiert das Internet - Regulierungsstrukturen und -prozesse im virtuellen Raum" vom 29. Januar 2015 greifen Prof. Sebastian Harnisch und Prof. Wolf Schünemann in Form von Impulsreferaten die wichtigsten und interessantesten Überlegungen der vorangegangenen Vorträge noch einmal auf und bieten anschließend Gelegenheit zur Diskussion.
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In: Rapide Politikwechsel in der Bundesrepublik, S. 206-239
In: Deutsche Außenpolitik und internationale Führung, S. 376-392
In: Deutsche Außenpolitik und internationale Führung, S. 7-16
In: Deutsche Außenpolitik und internationale Führung: Ressourcen, Praktiken und Politiken in einer veränderten Europäischen Union, S. 376-392
In: Cooperation and conflict: journal of the Nordic International Studies Association, Band 50, Heft 1, S. 146-165
ISSN: 1460-3691
The literature on norm socialization and Europeanization has largely focused on successful norm diffusion, but thus far it has hardly addressed the norm backlash from the respective societies. To more fully grasp the interaction between member states' roles and their institutional preferences we provide a conceptual model for the de-composition of national role conceptions. This model is applied in case studies on German and Czech European policies in the constitutionalization process of the European Union. The paper illustrates how the composition of Czech and German roles has changed over time and how these national role conceptions shape the countries' respective institutional preferences. We conclude that historical role experience is considered as a powerful explanatory tool for the policies of today's European Union member states.
In: Multilaterale Institutionen in Ostasien-Pazifik, S. 133-179
In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift: PVS : German political science quarterly, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 278-279
ISSN: 0032-3470
In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift: PVS : German political science quarterly, Band 37, Heft 3, S. 652
ISSN: 0032-3470