@misc{Schneiker2005, author = {Schneiker, Andrea}, title = {Privatisierung des Milit{\"a}rischen? : Private Milit{\"a}rfirmen als Akteure in der US-Außenpolitik}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48317}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Since the early 1990s the use of private military companies (PMCs) has proliferated. Especially the United States are increasingly turning to private contractors to perform military tasks. Privatization advocates claim that PMCs work cheaper than the military. In addition to that, PMCs give the cover of plausible deniability that regular troops lack. But the fact that legislative control or public debate are missing raises the question of accountability and underlines the need for legal means to control and regulate PMCs and their operations.}, language = {de} } @misc{Kleger2005, author = {Kleger, Heinz}, title = {EU-Verfassung im H{\"a}rtetest}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48022}, year = {2005}, abstract = {The author discusses the failure of the EU-Constitution plebiscite in France and focuses on the different arguments brought forward in the French debate over the EU-Constitution. The draft of the Convent was a complex volume full of compromises. However, in comparison with the Treaty of Nice, it would have been a starting point for achieving a direct trans-national democracy. According to the author, the referendum only failed due to some unique plebiscite elements that were instrumentalised by governments which had overestimated themselves.}, language = {de} } @misc{Karolewski2005, author = {Karolewski, Ireneusz Pawel}, title = {Zwischen Machtstreben und Toleranz : Verfassungsdiskurs in Polen}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48045}, year = {2005}, abstract = {The Polish discourse about the European Constitution has one feature in common with the discourses of other member states: it deals with everything but the text of the Constitution Treaty itself. At its core it oscillates between the Polish striving for power in the EU and the toleration for cultural difference in Europe. The opposite of the latter has been particularly significant during the referendum debates in France and the Netherlands, which let to the rejection of the constitutional treaty.}, language = {de} } @misc{Schmierer2005, author = {Schmierer, Joscha}, title = {Provinzialismus k{\"o}nnte angenehm sein}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47579}, year = {2005}, language = {de} } @misc{BittnerLederer2005, author = {Bittner, Jan and Lederer, Markus}, title = {Finanzm{\"a}rkte und Sicherheit : die Bek{\"a}mpfung der Finanzquellen des Terrorismus}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9734}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Since 9/11, the fight against the financial sources of terrorism has become a major arena for international co-operation. In the first part, the paper highlights the borderline between security studies and international political economy. The second part of the paper asks how successful the international community is in this fight. The authors show that the idea of seizing terrorist funds and denying access to the international financial system is not a very promising one. They conclude that, so far, results have been mixed and that only a political approach to the problem promises a solution.}, language = {de} }