TY - JOUR A1 - Fitzi, Gregor A1 - Marcucci, Nicola T1 - Durkheim in Germany BT - the performance of a classic JF - Journal of Classical Sociology Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X17735991 SN - 1468-795X SN - 1741-2897 VL - 17 IS - 4 SP - 271 EP - 275 PB - Sage Publ. CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fitzi, Gregor T1 - Dialogue. Divergence. Veiled Reception. Criticism: Georg Simmel’s relationship with Emile Durkheim JF - Journal of Classical Sociology N2 - Simmel was the only German sociologist who directly cooperated with Durkheim. After an initial impression of convergence between the sociology of social facts and the sociology of social forms, a break between the two founders of sociology became inevitable. Yet, Durkheim and Simmel went on positioning themselves against one other in the years ahead. Durkheim’s allegation of ‘individual psychologism’ induced Simmel to a veiled reception of Durkheim’s methodological approach that permitted him to refine the sociological epistemology he eventually presented in the Soziologie published in 1908. On this basis, he was able to formulate a final criticism of the sociology of social facts as a social psychology. KW - Sociology of social facts KW - sociology of social forms KW - moral sociology KW - transnormative sociology KW - criticism of social psychology Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X17735994 SN - 1468-795X SN - 1741-2897 VL - 17 SP - 293 EP - 308 PB - Sage Publ. CY - London ER - TY - GEN A1 - Fitzi, Gregor A1 - Joas, Hans A1 - Marcucci, Nicola T1 - Interview by Gregor Fitzi and Nicola Marcucci with Hans Joas on the reception of Emile Durkheim in Germany. Berlin: Humboldt University of Berlin, 6 October 2014 T2 - Journal of Classical Sociology N2 - The interview offers a reconstruction of the German reception of Durkheim since the middle of the 1970s. Hans Joas, who was one of its major protagonists, discusses the backdrop that finally permitted a scholarly examination of Durkheim’s sociology in Germany. Focussing on his personal reception Joas then gives an account of the Durkheimian themes that inspire his work. KW - Durkheim KW - human rights KW - modernity Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X17736131 SN - 1468-795X SN - 1741-2897 VL - 17 IS - 4 SP - 382 EP - 398 PB - Sage Publ. CY - London ER - TY - GEN A1 - Fitzi, Gregor A1 - Marcucci, Nicola A1 - Müller, Hans-Peter T1 - Interview by Gregor Fitzi and Nicola Marcucci with Hans-Peter Müller on the reception of Emile Durkheim in Germany. Berlin: Humboldt University of Berlin, 25 February 2015 T2 - Journal of Classical Sociology N2 - Just after the publication of the Theory of Communicative Action in 1981, a new generation of interpreters started a different reception of Durkheim in Germany. Hans-Peter Müller, sociologist and editor of the German translation of Leçons de sociologie, reconstructs the history of the German Durkheim’s Reception and illuminates the reasons for his interest in the French sociologist. He delivers different insights into the background which permitted the post-Habermasian generation to reach a new understanding of Durkheim’s work by enlightening the scientific and political conditions from which this new sensibility emerged. KW - Durkheim’s German Reception, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Jürgen Habermas Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X17736132 SN - 1468-795X SN - 1741-2897 VL - 17 IS - 4 SP - 399 EP - 422 PB - Sage Publ. CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hickmann, Thomas T1 - Voluntary global business initiatives and the international climate negotiations BT - a case study of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol JF - Journal of Cleaner Production N2 - The past few years have witnessed the emergence of a plethora of transnational climate governance experiments. They have been developed by a broad range of actors, such as cities, non-profit organizations, and private corporations. Several scholars have lately devoted particular attention to voluntary global business initiatives in the policy domain of climate change. Their studies have provided considerable insights into the role and function of such new modes of climate governance. However, the precise nature of the relationship between the various climate governance experiments and the international climate negotiations has not been analyzed in enough detail. Against this backdrop, the present article explores the interplay of a business sector climate governance experiment, i.e. the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) with the international climate regime. On the one hand, the article underscores that the GHG Protocol has filled a regulatory gap in global climate policy-making by providing the means for the corporate sector to comprehensively account and report their GHGs. On the other hand, it reveals that the application of the GHG Protocol guidelines depends to a large extent on the existence of an overarching policy framework set up by nation-states at the intergovernmental level. Only if private companies receive a clear political signal that stringent mandatory GHG emission controls and a global market-based instrument are at least likely to be adopted will they put substantial efforts into the accurate measurement and management of their GHGs. Thus, this article points to the limits of climate governance experimentation and suggests that business sector climate governance experiments need to be embedded in a coherent international regulatory setting which generates a clear stimulus for corporate action. KW - Climate governance experiments KW - GHG Protocol KW - International climate negotiations KW - UNFCCC KW - Voluntary global business initiatives Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.183 SN - 0959-6526 SN - 1879-1786 VL - 169 SP - 94 EP - 104 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hustedt, Thurid A1 - Seyfried, Markus T1 - Inside the EU Commission BT - Evidence on the Perceived Relevance of the Secretariat General in Climate Policy-Making JF - JCMS - Journal of common market studies N2 - This article studies the perception of the EU Commission's Secretariat General in policy-making. Recently, research on EU institutions devotes increasing attention to analyzing structures and procedures of decision-making in EU institutions, most notably the EU Commission. Conventionally, the EU Commission is portrayed as a fragmented organization, divided along the lines of staff nationality, sectoral responsibilities and cabinets and General Directorates (DGs). The Secretariat General has long been viewed a weak actor that is hardly able or motivated to steer internal decision-making. However, recent research indicates a changing role of the Secretariat General as a pro-active broker and last arbiter. This article studies how the Secretariat General is perceived by the DGs in policy coordination and argues that this perception depends on the pattern of political authority, bureaucratic roles and the relevance and the alternatives prevailing in the policy field. The article is based on data from a survey among Commission officials. KW - EU Commission KW - Secretariat General KW - co-ordination KW - centralization KW - climate policies Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12605 SN - 0021-9886 SN - 1468-5965 VL - 56 IS - 2 SP - 368 EP - 384 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hickmann, Thomas T1 - The reconfiguration of authority in global climate governance JF - International Studies Review N2 - Much of the literature in the field of international relations is currently concerned with the changing patterns of authority in world politics. This is particularly evident in the policy domain of climate change, where a number of authors have observed a relocation of authority in global climate governance. These scholars claim that multilateral treaty making has lost much of its spark, and they emphasize the emergence of transnational governance arrangements, such as city networks, private certification schemes, and business self-regulation. However, the different types of interactions between the various transnational climate initiatives and the intergovernmental level have not been studied in much detail and only recently attracted growing scholarly interest. Therefore, the present article addresses this issue and focuses on the interplay between three different transnational climate governance arrangements and the international climate regime. The analysis in this article underscores that substate and nonstate actors have attained several authoritative functions in global climate policy making. Nevertheless, the three case studies also demonstrate that this development does not imply that we are witnessing a general shift of authority away from the intergovernmental level toward transnational actors. Instead, what can be observed in global climate governance is an ongoing reconfiguration of authority, which apparently reaffirms the centrality of the international climate regime. Thus, this article points to the need for a more nuanced perspective on the changing patterns of authority in global climate governance. In a nutshell, this study shows that the international climate regime is not the only location where the problem of climate change is addressed, while it highlights the persistent authority of state-based forms of regulation. KW - authority KW - global climate governance KW - transnational governance arrangements Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/vix037 SN - 1521-9488 SN - 1468-2486 VL - 19 SP - 430 EP - 451 PB - Oxford Univ. Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - THES A1 - Rutjes, Henriette T1 - Die gesellschaftliche Wahrnehmung des Eschentriebsterbens BT - Eine Wissenssoziologische Diskursanalyse N2 - Die Esche ist nicht nur als Weltenbaum Yggdrasil aus der germanischen Mythologie bekannt. Ihr Holz wird für Möbel, Parkett und Werkzeuge genutzt, und sie ist ein wichtiger Faktor für die Neuaufforstung. Doch die Esche ist vom Aussterben bedroht. Das Eschentriebsterben wird ausgelöst durch einen Pilz (Falsches Weißes Stengelbecherchen) und verursacht ein großflächiges Absterben von Altbeständen und jungen Bäumen in allen Teilen Deutschlands. Diese umweltsoziologische Untersuchung geht der Frage nach, ob die Diskrepanz zwischen der gesellschaftlichen, ökonomischen und ökologischen Bedeutung dieser Baumgattung und ihrem möglichen Verlust zu gesellschaftlichen Diskussionsprozessen über die Esche und das Eschentriebsterben führt. Anhand der Wissenssoziologischen Diskursanalyse und der Grounded Theory Method wird gezeigt, dass sich zwar Expertinnen und Experten einig sind, dass die Esche vermutlich aussterben wird, ihre gesellschaftliche Bedeutung jedoch nicht groß genug ist, sodass ihr Aussterben als hinreichend problematisch eingestuft wird und folglich politische Handlungskonsequenzen gefordert werden. N2 - The ash tree is not known only as the mythical tree Yggdrasil in Norse mythology. It's wood is used for furniture, parquet and tools and the ash tree is an important factor for reforestation. But the ash tree is threatened to extinction. The ash die-back is caused by a fungus (Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus), causing a large-scale death of old growth and young trees in all parts of Germany. This eco-sociological study is asking whether the discrepancy between the social, economic and ecological importance of these trees and their possible loss leads to social discussions on the ash tree and the ash die-back. With the Sociology of knowledge approach to discourse and the Grounded Theory Method it is shown that although experts agree that the ash will probably die out, their social significance is not great enough that their extinction is considered sufficiently problematic and hence political consequences or actions are demanded. T3 - Soziologische Theorie und Organization Studies - 3 KW - Eschentriebsterben KW - Chalara dieback of ash KW - Wissenssoziologische Diskursanalyse KW - Sociology of knowledge approach to discourse KW - Falsche Weiße Stängelbecherchen KW - Hymenoscyphus fraxineus Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-95421 SN - 978-3-86956-383-1 SN - 2363-8168 SN - 2363-8176 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - THES A1 - Zitelmann, Rainer T1 - Persönlichkeit und Verhaltensmuster der Vermögenselite in Deutschland Y1 - 2017 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Siemer, Julia T1 - Using Statistics Canada Data To Map Canada´s Population JF - Potsdamer Geographische Praxis N2 - Statistics Canada, Kanada’s nationale Statistikbehörde, bietet eine Reihe räumlicher Basisdaten zur Kartenerstellung und räumlichen Analyse ihrer Bevölkerungsdaten an. Der folgende Bericht zeigt die Möglichkeiten und Einschränkung der angebotenen räumlichen Daten für die Bevölkerungskartographie auf und stellt die vorhandenen Verwaltungsgrenzdateien bis zur kleinsten Einheit, dem so genannten ‚dissemination block‘, in ihrer Struktur vor. Die räumlich sehr ungleiche Verteilung der Bevölkerung Kanadas stellt eine besondere Herausforderung bei der kartographischen Visualisierung dar. Üblicherweise angewendete Methoden wie die Choroplethen-Methode sind im Falle Kanadas streng genommen nur zur Visualisierung kleinräumiger Bevölkerungsdichte geeignet. Um die Darstellung der Bevölkerungsdichte und -verteilung auch für größere Raumeinheiten, z. B. den so genannten ‚census divisions‘ oder die Provinzen, zu ermöglichen, veröffentlicht Statistics Canada einen Datensatz, der die Abgrenzung der Ökumene, also der bewohnten Fläche, des Landes veranschaulicht. Diese Datei ermöglicht es dem Nutzer die Bevölkerungsdichte und -verteilung des Landes angemessen und detailliert zu visualisieren. N2 - Statistics Canada, Canada’s national statistics agency, offers a suite of spatial files for mapping and analysis of its various population data products. The following article showcases possibilities and shortfalls of the existing spatial files for mapping population data, and provides an overview of the structure of the available boundary files from the regional to the dissemination block level. Due to Canada’s highly dispersed population, mapping its distribution and density can be challenging. Common mapping techniques such as the choropleth method are suitable only for mapping spatially high resolution data such as data at the dissemination area level. To allow for mapping of population data at less detailed levels such as census divisions or provinces, Statistics Canada has created a so-called ecumene boundary file which outlines the inhabited area of Canada and can be used to more accurately visualize Canada’s population distribution and density. Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-103439 SN - 978-3-86956-389-3 SN - 2194–1599 SN - 2194–1602 IS - 12 SP - 35 EP - 49 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER -