@book{OPUS4-10114,
  title     = {Zwischen Hegemonie und Verantwortung},
  editor    = {Kr{\"a}mer, Raimund},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-945878-31-6},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {184},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Deutsche Außenpolitik zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts und die Linke im Spannungsfeld zwischen Nation und Internationalismus: F{\"u}r Erhard Crome geht es um nicht weniger als die Frage, wie deutsche Außenpolitik von links gedacht und konzipiert werden sollte. In der vorliegenden Festschrift gehen Kolleginnen und Kollegen dieser Frage gemeinsam mit dem Jubilar nach. Ein Pl{\"a}doyer f{\"u}r eine nicht-hegemoniale Verantwortung Deutschlands.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{CaliendoSchmidl2016,
  author    = {Caliendo, Marco and Schmidl, Ricarda},
  title     = {Youth unemployment and active labor market policies in Europe},
  series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  journal   = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  number    = {125},
  issn      = {1867-5808},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-43695},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-436950},
  pages     = {32},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Since the economic crisis in 2008, European youth unemployment rates have been persistently high at around 20\% on average. The majority of European countries spends significant resources each year on active labor market programs (ALMP) with the aim of improving the integration prospects of struggling youths. Among the most common programs used are training courses, job search assistance and monitoring, subsidized employment, and public work programs. For policy makers, it is of upmost importance to know which of these programs work and which are able to achieve the intended goals - may it be the integration into the first labor market or further education. Based on a detailed assessment of the particularities of the youth labor market situation, we discuss the pros and cons of different ALMP types. We then provide a comprehensive survey of the recent evidence on the effectiveness of these ALMP for youth in Europe, highlighting factors that seem to promote or impede their effectiveness in practice. Overall, the findings with respect to employment outcomes are only partly promising. While job search assistance (with and without monitoring) results in overwhelmingly positive effects, we find more mixed effects for training and wage subsidies, whereas the effects for public work programs are clearly negative. The evidence on the impact of ALMP on furthering education participation as well as employment quality is scarce, requiring additional research and allowing only limited conclusions so far.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Kleger2016,
  author    = {Kleger, Heinz},
  title     = {Welche EU nach dem Brexit?},
  series = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal [24 (2016), 118]},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal [24 (2016), 118]},
  number    = {118},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  pages     = {4 -- 7},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Janetschek2016,
  author    = {Janetschek, Hannah},
  title     = {Water development programs in India},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-401337},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {279},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {In the past decades, development cooperation (DC) led by conventional bi- and multilateral donors has been joined by a large number of small, private or public-private donors. This pluralism of actors raises questions as to whether or not these new donors are able to implement projects more or less effectively than their conventional counterparts. In contrast to their predecessors, the new donors have committed themselves to be more pragmatic, innovative and flexible in their development cooperation measures. However, they are also criticized for weakening the function of local civil society and have the reputation of being an intransparent and often controversial alternative to public services. With additional financial resources and their new approach to development, the new donors have been described in the literature as playing a controversial role in transforming development cooperation. This dissertation compares the effectiveness of initiatives by new and conventional donors with regard to the provision of public goods and services to the poor in the water and sanitation sector in India. India is an emerging country but it is experiencing high poverty rates and poor water supply in predominantly rural areas. It lends itself for analyzing this research theme as it is currently being confronted by a large number of actors and approaches that aim to find solutions for these challenges . In the theoretical framework of this dissertation, four governance configurations are derived from the interaction of varying actor types with regard to hierarchical and non-hierarchical steering of their interactions. These four governance configurations differ in decision-making responsibilities, accountability and delegation of tasks or direction of information flow. The assumption on actor relationships and steering is supplemented by possible alternative explanations in the empirical investigation, such as resource availability, the inheritance of structures and institutions from previous projects in a project context, gaining acceptance through beneficiaries (local legitimacy) as a door opener, and asymmetries of power in the project context. Case study evidence from seven projects reveals that the actors' relationship is important for successful project delivery. Additionally, the results show that there is a systematic difference between conventional and new donors. Projects led by conventional donors were consistently more successful, due to an actor relationship that placed the responsibility in the hands of the recipient actors and benefited from the trust and reputation of a long-term cooperation. The trust and reputation of conventional donors always went along with a back-up from federal level and trickled down as reputation also at local level implementation. Furthermore, charismatic leaders, as well as the acquired structures and institutions of predecessor projects, also proved to be a positive influencing factor for successful project implementation. Despite the mixed results of the seven case studies, central recommendations for action can be derived for the various actors involved in development cooperation. For example, new donors could fulfill a supplementary function with conventional donors by developing innovative project approaches through pilot studies and then implementing them as a supplement to the projects of conventional donors on the ground. In return, conventional donors would have to make room the new donors by integrating their approaches into already programs in order to promote donor harmonization. It is also important to identify and occupy niches for activities and to promote harmonization among donors on state and federal sides. The empirical results demonstrate the need for a harmonization strategy of different donor types in order to prevent duplication, over-experimentation and the failure of development programs. A transformation to successful and sustainable development cooperation can only be achieved through more coordination processes and national self-responsibility.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Klinnert2016,
  author    = {Klinnert, Anne},
  title     = {Von Vater Staat zu Mutter Merkel?},
  series = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal},
  journal   = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  pages     = {64 -- 66},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{KlegerWiddau2016,
  author    = {Kleger, Heinz and Widdau, Christoph Sebastian},
  title     = {Vom Weltethos zur Zivilreligion des Weltb{\"u}rgers},
  series = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal [24 (2016), 120]},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal [24 (2016), 120]},
  number    = {120},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-945878-29-3},
  pages     = {48 -- 52},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{Kuhlmann2016,
  author    = {Kuhlmann, Sabine},
  title     = {Verwaltung in der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft},
  series = {Handbuch Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft},
  booktitle = {Handbuch Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft},
  publisher = {Springer-VS},
  address   = {Wiesbaden},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {345 -- 359},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Die international vergleichende Verwaltungswissenschaft (Comparative Public Administration) ist in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten zu einem wichtigen Teilsegment der vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft geworden. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird am Beispiel wesentlicher Typologien, Begriffe und Forschungsertr{\"a}ge herausgearbeitet, welche Rolle das Vergleichen in der Verwaltungswissenschaft und die {\"o}ffentliche Verwaltung als Gegenstandsbereich der vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft spielen. Es werden zentrale Befunde zur Wirkungsweise und zum Erkl{\"a}rungsbeitrag unterschiedlicher Verwaltungssysteme in vergleichender Perspektive vorgestellt.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Angelow2016,
  author    = {Angelow, J{\"u}rgen},
  title     = {Verdun 1916},
  series = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal},
  volume    = {2016},
  journal   = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal},
  number    = {113},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  pages     = {50 -- 51},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Schiller2016,
  author    = {Schiller, Christof},
  title     = {The Politics of Welfare State Transformation in Germany},
  series = {Routledge-EUI studies in the political economy of welfare ; 17},
  journal   = {Routledge-EUI studies in the political economy of welfare ; 17},
  publisher = {Routledge},
  address   = {London},
  isbn      = {978-1-315-62390-0},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {273},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Borgnaes2016,
  author    = {Borgn{\"a}s, Kajsa},
  title     = {The Policy Influence of Sustainability Indicators},
  doi       = {10.1080/09644008.2016.1193160},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-96342},
  pages     = {1 -- 20},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {In 2002 Germany adopted an ambitious national sustainability strategy, covering all three sustainability spheres and circling around 21 key indicators. The strategy stands out because of its relative stability over five consecutive government constellations, its high status and increasingly coercive nature. This article analyses the strategy's role in the policy process, focusing on the use and influence of indicators as a central steering tool. Contrasting rationalist and constructivist perspectives on the role of knowledge in policy, two factors, namely the level of consensus about policy goals and the institutional setting of the indicators, are found to explain differences in use and influence both across indicators and over time. Moreover, the study argues that the indicators have been part of a continuous process of 'structuring' in which conceptual and instrumental use together help structure the sustainability challenge in such a way that it becomes more manageable for government policy.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BuschLiese2016,
  author    = {Busch, Per-Olof and Liese, Andrea},
  title     = {The authority of international public administrations},
  series = {International Bureaucracy: Challenges and Lessons for Public Administration Research},
  journal   = {International Bureaucracy: Challenges and Lessons for Public Administration Research},
  publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan, London},
  address   = {Basingstoke},
  isbn      = {978-1-349-94977-9},
  doi       = {10.1057/978-1-349-94977-9_5},
  pages     = {97 -- 122},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {This chapter takes stock with the research on the authority of international organizations (IOs) and international public administrations (IPAs) in the fields of International Relations (IR) and Public Administration (PA). It combines arguments from conceptual and theoretical debates with empirical findings to explore under which conditions IPAs are likely to enjoy authority. Based on a review of the literature and on conceptual clarifications, we define authority as a social relationship between holders and granters of authority. We distinguish two types of authority, namely, political and expert authority, and two forms of recognition, namely, in practice (de facto) and by formal delegation (de jure). Given that the de facto expert authority of IPAs has received least attention in the literature, while the PA literature reminds us that knowledge lies at the heart of bureaucratic power, we develop propositions on how de facto expert authority could be measured and how the anticipated variation of expert authority among IPAs could be explained. We illustrate our argument with reference to empirical findings in the IR and PA literature. We conclude by highlighting the implications of our discussion for future research on the authority of national and IPAs.},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{Kraemer2016,
  author    = {Kr{\"a}mer, Raimund},
  title     = {Staatsgrenzen im Wandel - eine theoretisch-historische Reflexion},
  series = {Grenzen in den internationalen Beziehungen},
  booktitle = {Grenzen in den internationalen Beziehungen},
  edition   = {2. erw., Aufl.},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-945878-28-6},
  issn      = {1861-5139},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {11 -- 26},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Hirschmann2016,
  author    = {Hirschmann, Nathalie},
  title     = {Sicherheit als professionelle Dienstleistung und Mythos},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Wiesbaden},
  isbn      = {978-3-658-13111-1},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {286},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Nathalie Hirschmann geht der Frage nach, auf welche Weise sich die Sicherheitswirtschaft im System der Sicherheit zu etablieren sucht und wie erfolgreich ihr dies gelingt. Ihre Analyse verdeutlicht, wie Schmuddelimage und begrenzte Kompetenzzuschreibung der Branche einerseits erschweren, neben der Polizei als institutionelle Tr{\"a}gerin der {\"o}ffentlichen Sicherheit zu bestehen, und andererseits, gegen{\"u}ber dem Kunden bzw. Auftraggeber in ein professionelleres Gef{\"u}ge zu treten. Einen inhaltsanalytisch theoriegeleiteten, soziologisch-konzeptionellen Blick einnehmend wird deutlich, welche Ausbaubestrebungen kognitiver und sozialer Art die Sicherheitswirtschaft vorgenommen hat und wo diese an ihre Grenzen stoßen.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Leib2016,
  author    = {Leib, Julia},
  title     = {Shaping peace: an investigation of the mechanisms underlying post-conflict peacebuilding},
  series = {Peace, conflict \& development : an interdisciplinary journal},
  journal   = {Peace, conflict \& development : an interdisciplinary journal},
  number    = {22},
  publisher = {Univ.},
  address   = {Bradford},
  issn      = {1742-0601},
  pages     = {25 -- 76},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {What shapes peace, and how can peace be successfully built in those countries affected by armed conflict? This paper examines mpeacebuilding in the aftermath of civil wars in order to identify the conditions for post-conflict peace. The field of civil war research is characterised by case studies, comparative analyses and quantitative research, which relate relatively little to each other. Furthermore, the complex dynamics of peacebuilding have hardly been investigated so far. Thus, the question remains of how best to enhance the prospects of a stable peace in post-conflict societies. Therefore, it is necessary to capture the dynamics of post-conflict peace. This paper aims at helping to narrow these research gaps by 1) presenting the benefits of set theoretic methods for peace and conflict studies; 2) identifying remote conflict environment factors and proximate peacebuilding factors which have an influence on the peacebuilding process and 3) proposing a set-theoretic multi-method research approach in order to identify the causal structures and mechanisms underlying the complex realm of post-conflict peacebuilding. By implementing this transparent and systematic comparative approach, it will become possible to discover the dynamics of post-conflict peace.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Klinnert2016,
  author    = {Klinnert, Anne},
  title     = {Rohstoffpolitik im 21. Jahrhundert},
  series = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal},
  number    = {118},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-945878-25-5},
  issn      = {0944-8101},
  pages     = {24 -- 29},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {In den 2000er-Jahren stiegen die Rohstoffpreise enorm an. Ausl{\"o}ser waren die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung der Schwellenl{\"a}nder, allen voran Chinas, sowie der gestiegene Rohstoffbedarf durch technologische Innovationen. Diese „Rohstoffkrise" ver{\"a}nderte das Verh{\"a}ltnis der Rohstoff exportierenden und importierenden Staaten zueinander. Auch wird Rohstoffpolitik nicht mehr nur unter wirtschaftlichen, sondern ebenso unter {\"o}kologischen und sozialen Kriterien betrachtet. Der Beitrag erl{\"a}utert die Ursachen und benennt Auswirkungen der Krise.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Ganghof2016,
  author    = {Ganghof, Steffen},
  title     = {Reconciling representation and accountability},
  series = {Government and Opposition},
  journal   = {Government and Opposition},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-413456},
  pages     = {25},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {An egalitarian approach to the fair representation of voters specifies three main institutional requirements: proportional representation, legislative majority rule and a parliamentary system of government. This approach faces two challenges: the under-determination of the resulting democratic process and the idea of a trade-off between equal voter representation and government accountability. Linking conceptual with comparative analysis, the article argues that we can distinguish three ideal-typical varieties of the egalitarian vision of democracy, based on the stages at which majorities are formed. These varieties do not put different relative normative weight onto equality and accountability, but have different conceptions of both values and their reconciliation. The view that accountability is necessarily linked to clarity of responsibility', widespread in the comparative literature, is questioned - as is the idea of a general trade-off between representation and accountability. Depending on the vision of democracy, the two values need not be in conflict.},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{Kraemer2016,
  author    = {Kr{\"a}mer, Raimund},
  title     = {Produktivit{\"a}t als Antwort},
  series = {Zwischen Hegemonie und Verantwort : Die Linke und die deutsche Außenpolitik im 21. Jahrhundert},
  booktitle = {Zwischen Hegemonie und Verantwort : Die Linke und die deutsche Außenpolitik im 21. Jahrhundert},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-945878-31-6},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {9 -- 13},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Thapa2016,
  author    = {Thapa, Basanta E. P.},
  title     = {Populist, Reformer oder Hardliner},
  series = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal},
  number    = {117},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-945878-22-4},
  issn      = {0944-8101},
  pages     = {16 -- 19},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{OPUS4-9018,
  title     = {Politische Herrschaft in S{\"u}d- und Mittelamerika},
  editor    = {Kr{\"a}mer, Raimund},
  edition   = {2. Auflage},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-945878-19-4},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {206},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Im Nachklang der napoleonischen Kriege befreite sich S{\"u}d- und Mittelamerika von der kolonialen Herrschaft. Welche Einflussgr{\"o}ßen von da an die Staatlichkeit in diesem Gebiet gepr{\"a}gt haben, wird hier gekl{\"a}rt. Insbesondere die Rolle des Milit{\"a}rs, der Gewalt, der Guerilla und der USA als argw{\"o}hnischer Statthalter des Kontinents stehen im Zentrum der umfassenden Beitr{\"a}ge dieses Sammelbandes. So werden die Entwicklung und der Status quo politischer Herrschaft in Lateinamerika dargestellt, was Vorhersagen zu deren Zukunft erm{\"o}glicht.},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{Knobloch2016,
  author    = {Knobloch, J{\"o}rn},
  title     = {Normativit{\"a}t und Know-how Politischer Ordnung},
  publisher = {Velbr{\"u}ck},
  address   = {Weilerswist},
  isbn      = {978-3-95832-090-1},
  pages     = {310},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Kleger2016,
  author    = {Kleger, Heinz},
  title     = {Mehrfachkrise und Populismus},
  series = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal},
  number    = {113},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  pages     = {42 -- 44},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Lormes2016,
  author    = {Lormes, Ivo},
  title     = {Kommunalisierung der Energieversorgung},
  publisher = {Wiesbaden},
  address   = {Springer},
  isbn      = {978-3-658-13318-4},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {368},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Ivo Lormes zeigt, dass der Kommunalisierungstrend in der Energieversorgung als Indikator eines zukunftsgerichteten Zeitalterskommunal(-energie-)wirtschaftlicher Bet{\"a}tigung gedeutet werden kann. Die sich dabei manifestierende neue Qualit{\"a}t institutioneller Arrangements interpretiert er als Indiz f{\"u}r eine ‚Gew{\"a}hrleistungskommune 2.0'. Neben einer Analyse der seit 2005 in Deutschland erfolgten Stadtwerke-Gr{\"u}ndungen werden in seinem Buch erstmals die im Rahmen dieser Kommunalisierungen ablaufenden politischen Prozesse fallstudienvergleichend untersucht. Dadurch wird eine systematische Ermittlung der Einflussfaktoren zu der Frage erm{\"o}glicht, warum manche Kommunen ihre Energieversorgung kommunalisieren und andere nicht.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Nix2016,
  author    = {Nix, Andreas},
  title     = {Karl Mannheims Konservatismus},
  series = {Kultursoziologie : Kultursozologie an deutschen Universit{\"a}ten},
  volume    = {2016},
  journal   = {Kultursoziologie : Kultursozologie an deutschen Universit{\"a}ten},
  number    = {2},
  editor    = {Geier, Wolfgang},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-945878-24-8},
  issn      = {0941-343X},
  pages     = {102 -- 108},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{KuhlmannBouckaert2016,
  author    = {Kuhlmann, Sabine and Bouckaert, Geert},
  title     = {Introduction : Comparing Local Public Sector Reforms},
  series = {Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis : national trajectories and international comparisons},
  journal   = {Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis : national trajectories and international comparisons},
  editor    = {Kuhlmann, Sabine and Bouckaert, Geert},
  edition   = {1},
  publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan},
  address   = {London},
  isbn      = {978-1-137-52547-5},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {1 -- 20},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{EsguerraHelmerichRisse2016,
  author    = {Esguerra, Alejandro and Helmerich, Nicole and Risse, Thomas},
  title     = {Introduction},
  series = {Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood: Contesting the New Modes of Governance},
  journal   = {Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood: Contesting the New Modes of Governance},
  publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan, Cham},
  address   = {Basingstoke},
  isbn      = {978-3-319-39871-6},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-319-39871-6_1},
  pages     = {1 -- 22},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {The Paris Agreement for Climate Change or the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) rely on new modes of governance for implementation. Indeed, new modes of governance such as market-based instruments, public-private partnerships or multi-stakeholder initiatives have been praised for playing a pivotal role in effective and legitimate sustainability governance. Yet, do they also deliver in areas of limited statehood? States such as Malaysia or the Dominican Republic partly lack the ability to implement and enforce rules; their statehood is limited. This introduction provides the analytical framework of this volume and critically examines the performance of new modes of governance in areas of limited statehood, drawing on the book's in-depth case studies on issues of climate change, biodiversity, and health.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Lorenz2016,
  author    = {Lorenz, Kathrin},
  title     = {Interessen und Ideen in der deutschen Entwicklungspolitik},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-93213},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {252},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Die Ann{\"a}herung von Entwicklung und Sicherheit seit Beginn der 1990er Jahre gilt in Teilen der Fach{\"o}ffentlichkeit als wesentliches Merkmal einer zunehmenden Eigennutz- und Interessenorientierung der deutschen Entwicklungspolitik nach Ende des Ost-West-Konflikts. Den Ausgangspunkt der vorliegenden Untersuchung bildete die Skepsis gegen{\"u}ber diesem Befund eines Wandels deutscher Entwicklungspolitik weg von moralischen Begr{\"u}ndungszusammenh{\"a}ngen und hin zu nationaler Interessenpolitik seit Beginn der 1990er Jahre. Diese Skepsis begr{\"u}ndet sich in der Annahme, dass die bisherige Kritik gegen{\"u}ber einer m{\"o}glichen Versicherheitlichung von Entwicklungspolitik die Rolle von eigennutzorientierten Interessen als erkl{\"a}rendem Faktor {\"u}berbetont und gleichzeitig ideellen Strukturen und deren m{\"o}glichem Wandel als konstitutivem Faktor f{\"u}r politische Prozesse zu wenig Aufmerksamkeit schenkt. Die Forschungsfrage lautet dementsprechend: Kann die deutsche Entwicklungspolitik im Lichte der Verkn{\"u}pfung von Entwicklung und Sicherheit als zunehmend interessenorientiert gedeutet werden und hat sich damit ein grundlegender Politikwandel vollzogen? Theoretisch kn{\"u}pft die Arbeit an die konstruktivistisch-orientierte Forschung im Thema Entwicklung und Sicherheit an und entwickelt diese weiter. F{\"u}r die Herleitung der theoretischen Position wird auf konstruktivistische {\"U}berlegungen in den Theorien der Internationalen Beziehungen rekurriert. Im Vordergrund stehen dabei jene Ans{\"a}tze der Internationalen Beziehungen, die die konstruktivistische Wende nicht nur ontologisch, sondern auch epistemologisch vollziehen und der Rolle von Sprache besondere Aufmerksamkeit schenken. In empirischer Hinsicht wird die Verkn{\"u}pfung von Entwicklung und Sicherheit in der deutschen staatlichen Entwicklungspolitik anhand von Interpretationen dieser Verkn{\"u}pfung im Agenda-Setting und in der Politikformulierung untersucht. Der Untersuchungszeitraum der empirischen Analyse bel{\"a}uft sich auf die Amtsjahre der SPD-Politikerin Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul als Bundesministerin f{\"u}r wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit, n{\"a}mlich 1998 2009. Der Datenkorpus der Untersuchung in Agenda-Setting und Politikformulierung umfasst {\"u}ber 50 Reden von Mitgliedern der Bundesregierung sowie ausgew{\"a}hlte offizielle Politikdokumente, in denen relevante Textpassagen enthalten sind. Die beispielhafte Untersuchung der Institutionalisierung im Lichte der Verkn{\"u}pfungen von Entwicklung und Sicherheit bezieht sich auf weitere Prim{\"a}r- und Sekund{\"a}rquellen. Auf der Grundlage der empirischen Analyse wird deutlich, dass unterschiedliche Interpretationen in der staatlichen deutschen Entwicklungspolitik hinsichtlich der Verkn{\"u}pfung von Entwicklung und Sicherheit {\"u}ber den Untersuchungszeitraum 1998 - 2009 nachgezeichnet werden k{\"o}nnen. Bemerkenswert ist dabei insbesondere die diffuse Vielfalt der Konstruktionen des Sicherheitsbegriffs. Außerdem wird anhand der empirischen Untersuchung nachgezeichnet, dass zum Teil erhebliche Unterschiede bestehen zwischen den Verkn{\"u}pfungen von Entwicklung und Sicherheit auf der ressort{\"u}bergreifenden Ebene einerseits und der entwicklungspolitischen Ebene andererseits. Auch die beispielhafte Diskussion von Meilensteinen der institutionalisierten Entwicklungspolitik best{\"a}tigt diese Varianzen, die durch die nuancierte Analyse sprachlicher Konstruktionen sichtbar gemacht werden konnte. Ausgehend vom empirischen Ergebnis der Varianz und Variabilit{\"a}t der Begr{\"u}ndungsmuster f{\"u}r die Verkn{\"u}pfungen von Entwicklung und Sicherheit ist es nunmehr m{\"o}glich, Schlussfolgerungen im Hinblick auf die Forschungsfrage zu ziehen: Ist deutsche Entwicklungspolitik im Lichte der Verkn{\"u}pfung von Entwicklung und Sicherheit zunehmend eigennutz- und interessenorientiert? In den Anfangsjahren von Wieczorek-Zeul spielen normative Aspekte wie Gerechtigkeit und Frieden im Zusammenhang mit der Genese des Themenfelds Frieden und Sicherheit eine wichtige Rolle. Pr{\"a}gend f{\"u}r die Politikformulierung sind dabei vor allem die Herausforderungen im Zusammenhang mit der Globalisierung, die den Ausgangspunkt f{\"u}r die Formulierung der von Wieczorek-Zeul gepr{\"a}gten Globalen Strukturpolitik bilden. Eine Eigennutzorientierung im realistischen Sinne scheint nur dann pr{\"a}sent, wenn es um unser Interesse der Wohlstandssicherung geht. Entwicklungspolitische Friedenf{\"o}rderung und Krisenpr{\"a}ventionen dienen dazu, die {\"o}konomischen Kosten von Kriegen zu verringern und leisten einen Beitrag zur Vermeidung von wohlstandsgef{\"a}hrdender Migration. Es wird auf einen Sicherheitsbegriff rekurriert, der die Menschliche Sicherheit der Bev{\"o}lkerung in den Entwicklungs- und Transformationsl{\"a}ndern in den Vordergrund stellt. Nach 9/11 verschieben sich die sprachlichen Konstruktionen weg von unserem Wohlstand und dem Frieden weltweit in Richtung unsere Sicherheit. Artikulierte Eigennutzorientierung mit Bezug auf Sicherheit gewinnt an Dominanz gegen{\"u}ber moralischen Begr{\"u}ndungszusammenh{\"a}ngen. Diese Entwicklung l{\"a}sst sich vor allem im Rahmen der ressort{\"u}bergreifenden Interpretationen des Zusammenhangs von Entwicklung und Sicherheit nachzeichnen. Auch bei dieser ressort{\"u}bergreifenden Verschiebung l{\"a}sst sich die Verkn{\"u}pfung von Entwicklung und Sicherheit auf der Ebene des f{\"u}r die deutsche Entwicklungspolitik federf{\"u}hrenden Bundesministeriums f{\"u}r wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) hingegen weiterhin als vorwiegend verpflichtungsorientiert deuten. Erst mit der Großen Koalition ab 2005 kann von umfassenderer Neu-Interpretation der Verkn{\"u}pfung von Entwicklung und Sicherheit ausgegangen werden: Wohlstand und Sicherheit in der Welt werden nunmehr gleichermaßen als in unserem Interesse artikuliert, die neben der internationalen Verpflichtung zur Friedenssicherung als gleichwertig eingesch{\"a}tzt werden k{\"o}nnen Zusammenfassend bringen diese empirischen Ergebnisse im Lichte der theoretischen Deutung ein nuancierter es Bild hervor als in der bisherigen Forschung mit ihrem meist einseitigen Fokus auf einer zunehmenden Interessenorientierung angenommen wurde. Die ideellen Bez{\"u}ge waren immer pr{\"a}sent als pr{\"a}gender Faktor f{\"u}r die deutsche Entwicklungspolitik, sie haben sich allerdings im Zeitverlauf ver{\"a}ndert. Der theoretische Ertrag der Studie und die Policy-Relevanz liegen auf mehreren Ebenen. Erstens wird mit der differenzierten Untersuchung und Deutung deutscher Entwicklungspolitik im Lichte der Verkn{\"u}pfungen von Entwicklung und Sicherheit die Forschung zum Thema Versicherheitlichung von Entwicklungspolitik angereichert und deren theoretische Pr{\"a}missen weiterentwickelt. Zweitens leistet die Arbeit einen Beitrag zur Forschung zur deutschen Entwicklungspolitik. Mit der vorliegenden Studie wird diese oft an der Umsetzung und Praxis interessierte Forschung durch die theoretische Besch{\"a}ftigung mit der Deutung deutscher Entwicklungspolitik angereichert. Dieser Beitrag ergibt sich konkret aus der Anwendung theoretischer {\"U}berlegungen der Sicherheitsstudien, aus dem konstruktivistischen Strang der Theorien der Internationalen Beziehungen (IB) sowie konzeptionellen {\"U}berlegungen aus der Policy-Forschung, die miteinander verkn{\"u}pft werden.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{deSouzaMartins2016,
  author    = {de Souza Martins, Adrian},
  title     = {Imperiale Aufteilung im Nahen Osten},
  series = {Welt-Trends : das außenpolitische Journal},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {Welt-Trends : das außenpolitische Journal},
  number    = {114},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  pages     = {50 -- 53},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{OPUS4-9860,
  title     = {Grenzen in den internationalen Beziehungen},
  series = {WeltTrends-Lehrtexte ; 14},
  journal   = {WeltTrends-Lehrtexte ; 14},
  editor    = {Kr{\"a}mer, Raimund},
  edition   = {2. erw., Aufl.},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-945878-28-6},
  issn      = {1861-5139},
  pages     = {244},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Grenzen sind immanenter Bestandteil der internationalen Beziehungen. Deren Kern besteht ja darin, dass Akteure {\"u}ber (nationalstaatliche) Grenzen hinweg handeln. Die Grenze und deren {\"U}berschreitung sind somit eine conditio sine qua non von internationalen Beziehungen. Das stellt sich in Europa, Amerika und Afrika sehr verschieden dar und wird auch unterschiedlich diskutiert. Der vorliegende Band bildet dies ab: die theoretische Debatte und die empirische Verschiedenheit in den Regionen, wobei die Europ{\"a}ische Union den regionalen Schwerpunkt bildet.},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Borgnaes2016,
  author    = {Borgn{\"a}s, Kajsa},
  title     = {Governing through 'governing images'},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {In the debate on how to govern sustainable development, a central question concerns the interaction between knowledge about sustainability and policy developments. The discourse on what constitutes sustainable development conflict on some of the most basic issues, including the proper definitions, instruments and indicators of what should be 'developed' or 'sustained'. Whereas earlier research on the role of (scientific) knowledge in policy adopted a rationalist-positivist view of knowledge as the basis for 'evidence-based policy making', recent literature on knowledge creation and transfer processes has instead pointed towards aspects of knowledge-policy 'co-production' (Jasanoff 2004). It is highlighted that knowledge utilisation is not just a matter of the quality of the knowledge as such, but a question of which knowledge fits with the institutional context and dominant power structures. Just as knowledge supports and justifies certain policy, policy can produce and stabilise certain knowledge. Moreover, rather than viewing knowledge-policy interaction as a linear and uni-directional model, this conceptualization is based on an assumption of the policy process as being more anarchic and unpredictable, something Cohen, March and Olsen (1972) has famously termed the 'garbage-can model'. The present dissertation focuses on the interplay between knowledge and policy in sustainability governance. It takes stock with the practice of 'Management by Objectives and Results' (MBOR: Lundqvist 2004) whereby policy actors define sustainable development goals (based on certain knowledge) and are expected to let these definitions guide policy developments as well as evaluate whether sustainability improves or not. As such a knowledge-policy instrument, Sustainability Indicators (SI:s) help both (subjectively) construct 'social meaning' about sustainability and (objectively) influence policy and measure its success. The different articles in this cumulative dissertation analyse the development, implementation and policy support (personal and institutional) of Sustainability Indicators as an instrument for MBOR in a variety of settings. More specifically, the articles centre on the question of how sustainability definitions and measurement tools on the one hand (knowledge) and policy instruments and political power structures on the other, are co-produced. A first article examines the normative foundations of popular international SI:s and country rankings. Combining theoretical (constructivist) analysis with factor analysis, it analyses how the input variable structure of SI:s are related to different sustainability paradigms, producing a different output in terms of which countries (developed versus developing) are most highly ranked. Such a theoretical input-output analysis points towards a potential problem of SI:s becoming a sort of 'circular argumentation constructs'. The article thus, highlights on a quantitative basis what others have noted qualitatively - that different definitions and interpretations of sustainability influence indicator output to the point of contradiction. The normative aspects of SI:s does thereby not merely concern the question of which indicators to use for what purposes, but also the more fundamental question of how normative and political bias are intrinsically a part of the measurement instrument as such. The study argues that, although no indicator can be expected to tell the sustainability 'truth-out-there', a theoretical localization of indicators - and of the input variable structure - may help facilitate interpretation of SI output and the choice of which indicators to use for what (policy or academic) purpose. A second article examines the co-production of knowledge and policy in German sustainability governance. It focuses on the German sustainability strategy 'Perspektiven f{\"u}r Deutschland' (2002), a strategy that stands out both in an international comparison of national sustainability strategies as well as among German government policy strategies because of its relative stability over five consecutive government constellations, its rather high status and increasingly coercive nature. The study analyses what impact the sustainability strategy has had on the policy process between 2002 and 2015, in terms of defining problems and shaping policy processes. Contrasting rationalist and constructivist perspectives on the role of knowledge in policy, two factors, namely the level of (scientific and political) consensus about policy goals and the 'contextual fit' of problem definitions, are found to be main factors explaining how different aspects of the strategy is used. Moreover, the study argues that SI:s are part of a continuous process of 'structuring' in which indicator, user and context factors together help structure the sustainability challenge in such a way that it becomes more manageable for government policy. A third article examines how 31 European countries have built supportive institutions of MBOR between 1992 and 2012. In particular during the 1990s and early 2000s much hope was put into the institutionalisation of Environmental Policy Integration (EPI) as a way to overcome sectoral thinking in sustainability policy making and integrate issues of environmental sustainability into all government policy. However, despite high political backing (FN, EU, OECD), implementation of EPI seems to differ widely among countries. The study is a quantitative longitudinal cross-country comparison of how countries' 'EPI architectures' have developed over time. Moreover, it asks which 'EPI architectures' seem to be more effective in producing more 'stringent' sustainability policy.},
  language  = {en}
}
@techreport{Weiss2016,
  type      = {Working Paper},
  author    = {Weiß, Norman},
  title     = {Frauen, Frieden und Sicherheit - was hat Resolution 1325 gebracht?},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2509-6974},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-92932},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Nowadays, the issues women and peace are connected strongly on the level of UN's security policy as a consequence of resolution 1325 (2000). Which are the legal and factual impli-cations of this development both for the UN and for the Member States? Does their implementation meet the expectations? The study outlines the structure of today's WPS-agenda and discusses how the UN deals with it. Germany's activities to implement her obligations are also discussed.},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{Schmidt2016,
  author    = {Schmidt, Thorsten Ingo},
  title     = {Finanzierungspflichten und Konnexit{\"a}tsprinzip},
  series = {Recht der Steuern und der {\"o}ffentlichen Finanzordnung ; 10},
  journal   = {Recht der Steuern und der {\"o}ffentlichen Finanzordnung ; 10},
  editor    = {Gosch, Dietmar and Hufeld, Ulrich and Kirchhof, Gregor and Rust, Alexander and Schenke, Ralf and Tappe, Henning and Weitemeyer, Birgit},
  publisher = {Nomos},
  address   = {Baden-Baden},
  isbn      = {978-3-8487-2822-0},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {86},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Die Finanzkrise der Kommunen beruht auch auf der {\"U}bertragung staatlicher Aufgaben ohne entsprechenden finanziellen Ausgleich. Davor sollen nun das grundgesetzliche Aufgaben{\"u}bertragungsverbot vom Bund auf die Kommunen und die landesverfassungsrechtlichen Konnexit{\"a}tsregeln beim Transfer vom Land auf die Kommunen sch{\"u}tzen. Zwar ist anerkannt, dass diese Vorschriften f{\"u}r Sachaufgaben gelten. Doch ist streitig, ob dies auch f{\"u}r die Auferlegung von Finanzierungspflichten zu gelten hat. Der Autor vergleicht die landesverfassungsrechtlichen Bestimmungen in ihrer Auslegung durch das jeweilige Landesverfassungsgericht und arbeitet unter besonderer Ber{\"u}cksichtigung der nordrhein-westf{\"a}lischen Rechtslage heraus, dass die {\"U}bertragungsvorschriften nicht umgangen werden d{\"u}rfen. {\"U}bertragung einer Sachaufgabe und Auferlegung einer Finanzierungspflicht sind funktionell gleichwertig und beide konnexit{\"a}tsrelevant. Der Autor ist Direktor des Kommunalwissenschaftlichen Instituts der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam.},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{Kraemer2016,
  author    = {Kr{\"a}mer, Raimund},
  title     = {EU-Osterweiterung und Grenzsichten von Oder und Neiße},
  series = {Grenzen in den internationalen Beziehungen},
  booktitle = {Grenzen in den internationalen Beziehungen},
  edition   = {2. erw., Aufl.},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-945878-28-6},
  issn      = {1861-5139},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {207 -- 225},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{DornfeldtMaharramowa2016,
  author    = {Dornfeldt, Matthias and Maharramowa, Sona},
  title     = {Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Aserbaidschan und Deutschland im fossilen Energiesektor},
  series = {Welt-Trends : das außenpolitische Journal},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {Welt-Trends : das außenpolitische Journal},
  number    = {114},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  pages     = {9 -- 13},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Wernert2016,
  author    = {Wernert, Yann},
  title     = {Die Zeit der Großen Reformen in Russland},
  series = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal [24 (2016), 121]},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal [24 (2016), 121]},
  number    = {121},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-945878-33-0},
  pages     = {52 -- 55},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Kaltschew2016,
  author    = {Kaltschew, Kristian},
  title     = {Die politische Opposition in autorit{\"a}ren Regimen},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-103930},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {237},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Die Empirie des beginnenden 21. Jahrhunderts weist mehr autorit{\"a}re Regime aus als am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts angenommen. Die gegenw{\"a}rtige Autoritarismusforschung versucht die Fortdauer dieses Regimetyps in Hinblick auf die politischen Institutionen zu erkl{\"a}ren - dabei bleiben politische Akteure, die nicht zum Herrschaftszentrum geh{\"o}ren, außen vor. Das vorliegende Projekt untersucht die Rolle und Funktion politischer Opposition in autorit{\"a}ren Regimen. Es wird davon ausgegangen, dass sich an der Opposition eine signifikante Charakteristik autorit{\"a}rer Regime manifestiert. Das akteurszentrierte Projekt ist der qualitativ orientierten Politikwissenschaft zuzurechnen und verkn{\"u}pft das Autoritarismuskonzept von Juan Linz mit klassischen Ans{\"a}tzen der Oppositionsforschung und macht diese Theorien f{\"u}r die gegenw{\"a}rtige Autoritarismusforschung nutzbar. Die eigens entwickelte elitenorientierte Oppositionstypologie wird am Beispiel Kenias im Zeitraum 1990-2005 angewendet. Die Oppositionsgruppen werden im Institutionengef{\"u}ge autorit{\"a}rer Regime verortet und ihr politisches Agieren in den Dimensionen Handlungsstatus, Handlungs{\"u}berzeugung und Handlungsstrategie analysiert. Unter Beachtung der historisch gewachsenen regionalen und kulturellen Spezifika wird angenommen, dass generelle, Regionen {\"u}bergreifende Aussagen zur Opposition in autorit{\"a}ren Regimen getroffen werden k{\"o}nnen: Kein Oppositionstyp kann allein einen Herrschaftswechsel bewirken. Der Wechsel bzw. die Fortdauer der Herrschaft h{\"a}ngt von der Dominanz bestimmter Oppositionstypen im Oppositionsgeflecht sowie der gleichzeitigen Schw{\"a}che anderer Oppositionstypen ab. Durch die konzeptionelle Besch{\"a}ftigung mit Opposition sowie deren empirische Erschließung soll ein substantieller Beitrag f{\"u}r die notwendige Debatte um autorit{\"a}re Regime im 21. Jahrhundert geleistet werden.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Karolewski2016,
  author    = {Karolewski, Ireneusz Pawel},
  title     = {Der pebiszit{\"a}re Zerfall Europas?},
  series = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal [24 (2016), 118]},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal [24 (2016), 118]},
  number    = {113},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  pages     = {11 -- 14},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{Schmidt2016,
  author    = {Schmidt, Thorsten Ingo},
  title     = {Das Mitverwaltungsmodell},
  series = {Kommunalrechtliche Studien ; 3},
  journal   = {Kommunalrechtliche Studien ; 3},
  editor    = {Br{\"u}ning, Christoph and Schmidt, Thorsten Ingo},
  publisher = {Nomos},
  address   = {Baden-Baden},
  isbn      = {978-3-8487-2797-1},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {165},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Demographischer Wandel einerseits und zunehmende Aufgaben andererseits erzwingen bei finanzieller Notlage kommunale Reformen. Vielfach antworten die Landesgesetzgeber auf diesen Reformbedarf mit immer gr{\"o}ßeren kommunalen Einheiten. Um dieser „Flucht in die Einheitsgemeinde" entgegenzuwirken, entwickelt der Verfasser das Mitverwaltungsmodell: Eine Gemeinde bleibt zwar rechtlich selbstst{\"a}ndig, bedient sich aber der hauptamtlichen Verwaltung einer anderen Gemeinde. Die M{\"o}glichkeit einer solchen {\"o}ffentlich-rechtlichen Gesch{\"a}ftsbesorgung wird unter Wahrung der Selbstverwaltungsgarantie beider Gemeinden entfaltet. Die notwendigen gesetzlichen Bestimmungen und vertraglichen Regelungen werden entworfen. Dieses Modell soll im Rahmen der Brandenburgischen Verwaltungsstrukturreform umgesetzt werden und kann auch anderen L{\"a}ndern als Vorbild dienen. Der Autor ist Direktor des Kommunalwissenschaftlichen Instituts der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam.},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Schmidt2016,
  author    = {Schmidt, Peter},
  title     = {Contributions to EU regional policy},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-90837},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {xii, 137},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {This cumulative dissertation contains four self-contained articles which are related to EU regional policy and its structural funds as the overall research topic. In particular, the thesis addresses the question if EU regional policy interventions can at all be scientifically justified and legitimated on theoretical and empirical grounds from an economics point of view. The first two articles of the thesis ("The EU structural funds as a means to hamper migration" and "Internal migration and EU regional policy transfer payments: a panel data analysis for 28 EU member countries") enter into one particular aspect of the debate regarding the justification and legitimisation of EU regional policy. They theoretically and empirically analyse as to whether regional policy or the market force of the free flow of labour (migration) in the internal European market is the better instrument to improve and harmonise the living and working conditions of EU citizens. Based on neoclassical market failure theory, the first paper argues that the structural funds of the EU are inhibiting internal migration, which is one of the key measures in achieving convergence among the nations in the single European market. It becomes clear that European regional policy aiming at economic growth and cohesion among the member states cannot be justified and legitimated if the structural funds hamper instead of promote migration. The second paper, however, shows that the empirical evidence on the migration and regional policy nexus is not unambiguous, i.e. different empirical investigations show that EU structural funds hamper and promote EU internal migration. Hence, the question of the scientific justification and legitimisation of EU regional policy cannot be readily and unambiguously answered on empirical grounds. This finding is unsatisfying but is in line with previous theoretical and empirical literature. That is why, I take a step back and reconsider the theoretical beginnings of the thesis, which took for granted neoclassical market failure theory as the starting point for the positive explanation as well as the normative justification and legitimisation of EU regional policy. The third article of the thesis ("EU regional policy: theoretical foundations and policy conclusions revisited") deals with the theoretical explanation and legitimisation of EU regional policy as well as the policy recommendations given to EU regional policymakers deduced from neoclassical market failure theory. The article elucidates that neoclassical market failure is a normative concept, which justifies and legitimates EU regional policy based on a political and thus subjective goal or value-judgement. It can neither be used, therefore, to give a scientifically positive explanation of the structural funds nor to obtain objective and practically applicable policy instruments. Given this critique of neoclassical market failure theory, the third paper consequently calls into question the widely prevalent explanation and justification of EU regional policy given in static neoclassical equilibrium economics. It argues that an evolutionary non-equilibrium economics perspective on EU regional policy is much more appropriate to provide a realistic understanding of one of the largest policies conducted by the EU. However, this does neither mean that evolutionary economic theory can be unreservedly seen as the panacea to positively explain EU regional policy nor to derive objective policy instruments for EU regional policymakers. This issue is discussed in the fourth article of the thesis ("Market failure vs. system failure as a rationale for economic policy? A critique from an evolutionary perspective"). This article reconsiders the explanation of economic policy from an evolutionary economics perspective. It contrasts the neoclassical equilibrium notions of market and government failure with the dominant evolutionary neo-Schumpeterian and Austrian-Hayekian perceptions. Based on this comparison, the paper criticises the fact that neoclassical failure reasoning still prevails in non-equilibrium evolutionary economics when economic policy issues are examined. This is surprising, since proponents of evolutionary economics usually view their approach as incompatible with its neoclassical counterpart. The paper therefore argues that in order to prevent the otherwise fruitful and more realistic evolutionary approach from undermining its own criticism of neoclassical economics and to create a consistent as well as objective evolutionary policy framework, it is necessary to eliminate the equilibrium spirit. Taken together, the main finding of this thesis is that European regional policy and its structural funds can neither theoretically nor empirically be justified and legitimated from an economics point of view. Moreover, the thesis finds that the prevalent positive and instrumental explanation of EU regional policy given in the literature needs to be reconsidered, because these theories can neither scientifically explain the emergence and development of this policy nor are they appropriate to derive objective and scientific policy instruments for EU regional policymakers.},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{KuhlmannBouckaert2016,
  author    = {Kuhlmann, Sabine and Bouckaert, Geert},
  title     = {Conclusion : Tensions, Challenges, and Future "Flags" of Local Public Sector Reforms and Comparative},
  series = {Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis : national trajectories and international comparisons},
  booktitle = {Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis : national trajectories and international comparisons},
  publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan},
  address   = {London},
  isbn      = {978-1-137-52547-5},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {347 -- 354},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Esguerra2016,
  author    = {Esguerra, Alejandro},
  title     = {Conclusion},
  series = {Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood: Contesting the New Modes of Governance},
  journal   = {Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood: Contesting the New Modes of Governance},
  editor    = {Esguerra, Alejandro and Helmerich, Nicole and Risse, Thomas},
  publisher = {Cham},
  address   = {Basingstoke},
  isbn      = {978-3-319-39871-6},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-319-39871-6_9},
  pages     = {211 -- 224},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {This chapter revisits the role of the new modes of governance in areas of limited statehood. First, it states that there is no linear relationship between degrees of statehood and the overall effectiveness of new modes of sustainability governance. Second, the chapter states that, in most of the cases, national governments are hesitant or even actively hamper the development of new modes of governance. Third, it shows that the absence of the shadow of hierarchy can indeed lead to ineffective new modes of governance. However, the shadow of hierarchy does not necessarily need to be cast by states. Finally, the author reviews the complexities involved in participatory practices, stressing the importance of institutional structures and knowledgeable brokers. The chapter concludes by outlining fields for future research.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Widdau2016,
  author    = {Widdau, Christoph Sebastian},
  title     = {Cassirers Leibniz und die Begr{\"u}ndung der Menschenrechte},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Wiesbaden},
  isbn      = {978-3-658-12677-3},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {142},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Christoph Sebastian Widdau leistet mit seinem Buch einen innovativen Beitrag zur Cassirer-Forschung, zu den Leibniz-Studien und zur Begr{\"u}ndung der Menschenrechte. Er wirft ein ideengeschichtlich und philosophisch neues Licht auf die 'Natur' im Naturrecht, die kulturelle Bedeutung des Individuums und den Pluralismus politischer Ordnungen. Mit 'Cassirers Leibniz' zeigt Widdau auf, dass Menschenrechte kein beliebiger Zusatz zur Kultur, sondern vielmehr kulturkonstitutiv sind.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Zarle2016,
  author    = {Zarle, Sebastian-Alexander},
  title     = {Bolivien: Hoffen auf den Lithiumsegen},
  series = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal [24(2016), 113]},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal [24(2016), 113]},
  number    = {118},
  publisher = {WeltTrends},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  pages     = {47 -- 48},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Huber2016,
  author    = {Huber, Stefan},
  title     = {Basisaktivierung als Mittel gegen soziale Exklusion?},
  series = {Region - Nation - Europa ; 80},
  journal   = {Region - Nation - Europa ; 80},
  publisher = {LIT Verlag},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-643-13483-7},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {X, 336},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Seit Jahren steigen Politikverdrossenheit und die Zahl der Menschen an, die sich von der Gesellschaft exkludiert f{\"u}hlen. K{\"o}nnen Basisaktivierung durch Quartiersmanagement und Community Organizing diesen Trends entgegenwirken? F{\"o}rdert die Erm{\"o}glichung der gesellschaftlichen Teilhabe von benachteiligten Bev{\"o}lkerungsgruppen die Sozialkapitalbildung im Sinne Putnams? Um diese Fragen zu beantworten, wurden die vorhandene Literatur analysiert und zahlreiche Experteninterviews gef{\"u}hrt.},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{Juchler2016,
  author    = {Juchler, Ingo},
  title     = {Amerikaner in Berlin},
  publisher = {Links Verlag},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-86153-883-7},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {117},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {An keinem anderen Ort wird die besondere Bedeutung der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika f{\"u}r Deutschland so deutlich wie in Berlin. In rund 80 Eintr{\"a}gen versammelt der Band eine Vielzahl US-amerikanischer Pers{\"o}nlichkeiten und stellt Orte vor, an denen sie in Berlin gelebt und gewirkt haben oder noch wirken. Die Berliner Erlebnisse von Diplomaten, Intellektuellen, Wissenschaftlern, Sportlern oder ber{\"u}hmten K{\"u}nstlerinnen aller Sparten machen die Geschichte der deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen von den Anf{\"a}ngen 1776 bis heute anschaulich und lebendig. Ausklappbare Karten, Infok{\"a}sten, ein farbiges Orientierungssystem und zahlreiche historische sowie aktuelle Fotos er{\"o}ffnen die M{\"o}glichkeit, den Spuren von Mildred Harnack, Martin Luther King, Angela Davis, Iggy Pop, Georg Bush, Daniel Liebeskind, Jonathan Franzen und vielen anderen in der deutschen Hauptstadt zu folgen.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Esguerra2016,
  author    = {Esguerra, Alejandro},
  title     = {"A Comment That Might Help Us to Move Along"},
  series = {Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood : Contesting the New Modes of Governance},
  journal   = {Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood : Contesting the New Modes of Governance},
  publisher = {Cham},
  address   = {Basingstoke},
  isbn      = {978-3-319-39871-6},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-319-39871-6_2},
  pages     = {25 -- 46},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {This chapter investigates the trajectory of establishing the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in the early 1990s as the first private transnational certification organization with an antagonistic stakeholder body. Its main contribution is a micro-analysis of the founding assembly in 1993. By investigating the role of brokers within the negotiation as one institutional scope condition for 'arguing' having occurred, the chapter adopts a dramaturgical approach. It contends that the authority of brokers is not necessarily institutionally given, but needs to be gained: brokers have to prove situationally that their knowledge is relevant and that they are speaking impartially in the interest of progress rather than their own. The chapter stresses the importance of procedural knowledge which brokers provide in contrast to policy knowledge.},
  language  = {en}
}