Das Gegenteil von gut ist gut gemeint. Wie ein Weltmenschenrechtsgerichtshof die Menschenrechte schwächt
In: Zeitschrift für internationale Beziehungen: ZIB, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 6-32
ISSN: 0946-7165
In: Zeitschrift für internationale Beziehungen: ZIB, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 6-32
ISSN: 0946-7165
In: Journal of common market studies: JCMS
ISSN: 1468-5965
AbstractHistorically, crises have been lauded for fostering European Union (EU) integration. Conversely, it has recently been predicted that the current 'polycrisis' will precipitate the EU's demise. However, this dichotomous perspective on crises is oversimplified. In this research note, we argue that a critical‐constructivist approach to norm contestation is uniquely placed to illuminate the shades of grey populating the continuum between these two extremes. As contestation effects may occur on both normative and institutional levels, a norm contestation approach has the potential to open the black box of crises by investigating the prerequisites, actors and processes of crisis and reminding us that these stages are linked in a circular way. Therefore, we argue that a conversation between EU studies and critical‐constructivist norm contestation research is crucial to advancing our understanding of the myriad effects crises have on the EU beyond the dichotomous distinction between integration and demise.
In: Journal of common market studies: JCMS, Band 56, Heft 1, S. 23-43
ISSN: 0021-9886
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In: Journal of common market studies: JCMS, Band 56, Heft 1, S. 23-43
ISSN: 1468-5965
AbstractInitial literature on the 'European refugee crisis' discerned intergovernmental tendencies in its management. This paper examines whether neofunctionalism may be able to explain a major case of 'European refugee crisis' policy‐making, the negotiations on the European Border and Coast Guard regulation. We argue, somewhat counterintuitively, that the theory considerably furthers our respective understanding. The crisis acted as a catalyst exposing the weaknesses of a system that pitted a supranational Schengen against a largely intergovernmental external border regime, notwithstanding a developing Frontex. These dysfunctionalities have been widely fostered by both national and supranational decision‐makers shrinking from the significant economic, political and sunk costs of Schengen disintegration, thus ruling out the possibility for spillback. Additionally, further integration was substantially nurtured by supranational agency, 'socialized' national civil servants, transnational NGOs and European business associations.
In: Routledge Advances in European Politics
In: International migration review: IMR, Band 54, Heft 3, S. 883-912
ISSN: 1747-7379, 0197-9183
Between 2015 and 2017, the European Union (EU) was confronted with a major crisis in its history, the so-called "European refugee crisis." Since the multifaceted crisis has provoked many different responses, it is also likely to have influenced individuals' assessments of immigrants and European integration. Using data from three waves of the European Social Survey (ESS) — the wave before the crisis in 2012, the wave at the beginning of the crisis in 2014, and the wave right after the (perceived) height of the crisis in 2016 — we test the degree to which the European refugee crisis increased Europeans' anti-immigrant sentiment and Euroscepticism, as well as the influence of Europeans' anti-immigrant attitudes on their level of Euroscepticism. As suggested by prior research, our results indicate that there is indeed a consistent and solid relationship between more critical attitudes toward immigrants and increased Euroscepticism. Surprisingly, however, we find that the crisis increased neither anti-immigrant sentiments nor critical attitudes toward the EU and did not reinforce the link between rejection of immigrants and rejection of the EU. These findings imply that even under a strong external shock, fundamental political attitudes remain constant.
In: Zeitschrift für internationale Beziehungen: ZIB, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 187-199
ISSN: 0946-7165
Reflexivity matters! - sowohl bezogen auf die eigene Person als Wissenschaftler*in wie auch auf die wissenschaftstheoretischen Grundannahmen. Reflexivität stellt eine Grundlage für gelingende Kommunikation in Forschungsfeldern dar, ist in der IB-Normenforschung allerdings noch nicht Status Quo. Das verwundert aus zwei Gründen: Erstens ist das Problem der doppelten Hermeneutik hier besonders relevant und zweitens schlägt sich gerade in der inhärenten Normativität des Forschungsfeldes die spezifische Situiertheit von Forschenden folgenreich nieder. Vor diesem Hintergrund argumentiert dieser Forumsbeitrag für das Sicht- und Nachvollziehbarmachen der Ausgangspunkte und Herangehensweisen von Normenforscher*innen. Um eine systematische Auseinandersetzung mit den Auswirkungen der eigenen Vorannahmen auf den Forschungsprozess zu erleichtern, präsentieren wir ein Fragenraster, welches auf der dreiteiligen Heuristik von autobiografischer Situiertheit, in-field Situiertheit und Situiertheit im Text basiert. Aus der Kombination dieser Heuristik mit den analytischen Dimensionen Person der*des Wissenschaftler*in und wissenschaftstheoretisches Verständnis ergeben sich Fragen, die die Reflexion der eigenen Forschung und die Kommunikation in der IB-Normenforschung erleichtern und bereichern.
In: French politics, Band 16, Heft 3, S. 328-340
ISSN: 1476-3427