Suchergebnisse

"Ziel des Berichtes ist die Ermittlung der Zahlungsbereitschaft privater Haushalte in
Deutschland im Bereich des Stromkonsums. Es soll zum einen die Veränderung der Nachfrage in Abhängigkeit des Preises bestimmt (die 'normale' Preiselastizität) und zum anderen die Bereitschaft zum Erwerb Strom sparender (Haushalts-)Geräte untersucht werden. Zudem soll der Verlauf der Nachfragekurve im Bereich des Stromkonsums von privaten Haushalten soll bestimmt werden. Dies dient als Grundlage für die Einschätzung des Einflusses der Zahlungsbereitschaft der Konsumenten auf mögliche Auswirkungen von Marktinterventionen." (Textauszug)

"This paper seeks to offer an empirical contribution of the political processes, limits and potential of UN brokered partnerships that seek to deepen or create inclusive and sustainable agricultural supply chains in sub-Saharan Africa. More specifically it appraises the local processes of partnership brokerage, decision-making mechanisms and project implementation within the UNDP's Growing Sustainable Business Initiative (GSB) in Kenya. The paper argues that the lack of bottom-up participation in decision-making mechanisms and the predominantly economic imperatives driving the partnership projects have failed to reach out to the partnerships' intended beneficiaries – Kenyan small producers of nuts and mangoes. Opening up the GSB platform and monitoring the developmental impact of its partnership projects might hold the promise of reconciling sustainable business models with (some) poverty reduction." [author's abstract]

"In recent years, we have witnessed three parallel and intertwined trends: First, food retail
and processing firms have embraced private standards, usually with some form of third
party certification employed to verify adherence to those standards. Second, firms have
aligned themselves increasingly aligned themselves with, as opposed to fighting off,
environmental, fair trade, and other NGOs. Third, firms have embraced supply chain
management as a strategy for increasing profits and market share. Together, these trends
are part and parcel of the neoliberal blurring of the older liberal distinction between state
and civil society. In this paper I ask what the implications of these changes are from the
vantage point of the three major approaches to ethics: consequentalism, virtue theory, and
rights theory. What are the consequences of these changes for food safety, for suppliers,
for consumers? What virtues (e.g., trust, fairness) are these changes likely to embrace
and what vices may accompany them? Whose rights will be furthered or curtailed by
these changes?" (author's abstract)

"Die Expertise gibt einen Überblick über den aktuellen Forschungsstand zur politischen Partizipation der Migranten in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und über die deutschen Grenzen hinweg. Es wird der Forschungsstand zu den Partizipationsformen dargestellt, die auf kommunaler, überregionaler und Bundesebene vom politischen System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland für Migranten offen stehen, und wie sie von ihnen genutzt werden. Die Zusammenschau der verschiedenen Formen der politischen Partizipation von Migranten in Deutschland zeigt, dass Migranten trotz eingeschränkter Möglichkeiten politisch aktiv sind. So werden Migranten zu einem immer wichtigeren Bestandteil der Wahlbevölkerung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Migrantenorganisationen zu einem relevanteren Partner der deutschen Politik. Die Expertise identifiziert aktuelle, dennoch wenig erforschte Fragestellungen. Beispielsweise ist der Einfluss von Parteien auf die politische Teilhabe von Migranten so gut wie unerforscht. Des Weiteren ist die Rolle der Migrantenverbände im Prozess der politischen Interessenvertretung nicht hinreichend untersucht. Zu den Zukunftsthemen gehört auch die Erforschung neuer Formen politischer Teilhabe, wie etwa die Partizipation durch das Internet oder die politische Einflussnahme über nationalstaatliche Grenzen hinweg." (Autorenreferat)

"This paper aims to link two debates and literatures at the cutting edge of sustainable development research and governance: sustainable consumption and degrowth. Interestingly, these literatures have only recently started to exchange and integrate insights, despite their similar interest in the fundamental systemic challenges to sustainable development arising from a political discourse favoring (green) growth and the recognition of the insufficiency of technological solutions. The paper argues that this lack of connection is due to a predominance of perspectives in sustainable consumption research and governance that fail to deliver as promised. These perspectives, which we summarize under the label of "weak consumption" perspectives, focus almost exclusively on questions of efficiency gains. They therefore are not able to address the challenges to sustainable development arising from overconsumption in general or the rebound effect in particular. In contrast, a strong sustainable consumption perspective provides a basis for both, a promising inquiry into the linkages between consumption and sustainable development and fruitful exchange with de-growth. It is based on an inquiry into levels and patterns of consumption and thereby allows the delineation of relevant scientific and political implications for the de-growth debate and literature." [author's abstract]

"This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of private food governance in addressing the
environmental challenges facing the global food system, today. Greenhouse gas emissions,
decline of biodiversity, water pollution, pesticide use and the generation of waster are considered the new agrarian questions of this century. Crucially, the governance of such environmental strains is a rapidly emerging issue for private actors, who have become key players in global food governance. Yet, few studies have tried to understand the actual impact of private rulesetting, in general, and retail governance, in particular, in detail. Drawing on global governance literature and organisational theory, this paper evaluates the effectiveness of private food governance institutions for sustainability, in terms of their comprehensiveness, stringency, compliance and coverage. Next to this quite narrow understanding of effectiveness the paper also identifies the broader political and soci-economic influence of private food governance in terms of structural, cognitive and normative effects. The paper illustrates its arguments in two cases, namely GlobalGAP and the Marine Stewardship Council. As such, the paper advances our theoretical knowledge on private rule-setting institutions and contributes empirically to political science research by making available new data on a currently understudied case of private governance." [author's abstract]

"The financial crisis led to an enormous economic downturn as well as dramatic increases in
unemployment, insolvencies and public debt. Simultaneously, it revealed fundamental
weaknesses of the current functioning of financial markets, if not global economic relations as
such. Why, then, has the financial crisis not led to a more fundamental questioning of the
politico‐economic system and broader political change? In this paper, we aim to find an
answer to this question by analyzing the construction of the financial crisis in German public
discourse. We show that this construction is characterized by drama and perplexity, normative
incoherence, and a lack of access for political alternatives. These findings, in turn, provide an
important basis for understanding the political handling of the financial crisis in Germany." [author's abstract]

"Increasingly, the lack of change in the political organization of the global economy, in general, and financial markets, in particular, as a function the financial crisis has come to the center of attention. Such a lack of change should cause some surprise. After all, the financial crisis led to an enormous economic downturn as well as dramatic increases in unemployment, insolvencies and public debt. Simultaneously, it revealed fundamental weaknesses of the current functioning of financial markets, if not global economic relations as such. Why, then, has the financial crisis not led to real political change? In this paper, we aim to find an answer to this question by analyzing the construction of the financial crisis and its core actors in German public discourse. We show that this construction is characterized by drama and perplexity, normative incoherence, and a lack of access for political alternatives. These findings, in turn, provide an important basis for understanding the political handling of the financial crisis in Germany." (author's abstract)

"Religiöse Akteure sind in den letzten Jahren zunehmend in den Blick politikwissenschaftlicher Analysen geraten. Als global agierende Akteure nehmen sie Einfluss auf entwicklungspolitische Fragen, die zugleich die normativen Grundlagen einer internationalen Gesellschaft als Wertegemeinschaft berühren. In der Global Governance Literatur kommen religiöse Akteure überraschenderweise jedoch kaum vor. In den IB wurden diese Entwicklungen von konstruktivistischen Ansätzen aufgenommen, die den Blick auf die Rolle von Ideen, Normen und Identitäten richten. In diesem Papier nehmen wir die diskursive Macht transnationaler religiöser Akteure in der internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit in den Blick. Diskursive Macht resultiert dabei aus ideellen systemischen Faktoren und spielt in dem Ausmaß, in dem politische Entscheidungen vom Wettbewerb um Definitionshoheit im öffentlichen Diskurs abhängen, eine bedeutende Rolle. Die diskursive Macht privater Akteure wird durch ihre Akquisition von politischer Legitimität konstituiert. In der internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit können religiöse Akteure diskursive Macht ausüben, indem sie Themen auf die politische Agenda bringen oder öffentliche Diskurse strategisch rahmen. Um die Wirkungsweise diskursiver Macht zu untersuchen, plädieren wir für einen interpretativen Ansatz. Konkret fragen wir nach den Bedingungen erfolgreicher diskursiver Machtausübung durch religiöse Akteure. Hierzu kontrastieren wir die erfolgreiche Einflussnahme religiöser Akteure auf politische Entscheidungsträger im Rahmen der internationalen Entschuldungskampagne mit dem Beispiel der 3. Welternährungskonferenz, die 2009 in Rom stattgefunden hat. Abschließend skizzieren wir ein Forschungsdesign, im dem wir einen genealogischer Ansatz zur Analyse der diskursiven Praktiken religiöser Akteure vor dem Hintergrund institutioneller Settings in der internationalen Entwicklungspolitik vorschlagen." [Autorenreferat]