@article{AlbertSchroeterSchlaackHansjuergensetal.2017, author = {Albert, Christian and Schroeter-Schlaack, Christoph and Hansjuergens, Bernd and Dehnhardt, Alexandra and Doering, Ralf and Job, Hubert and Koeppel, Johann and Kraetzig, Sebastian and Matzdorf, Bettina and Reutter, Michaela and Schaltegger, Stefan and Scholz, Mathias and Siegmund-Schultze, Marianna and Wiggering, Hubert and Woltering, Manuel and von Haaren, Christina}, title = {An economic perspective on land use decisions in agricultural landscapes: Insights from the TEEB Germany Study}, series = {Ecosystem Services : Science, Policy and Practice}, volume = {25}, journal = {Ecosystem Services : Science, Policy and Practice}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {2212-0416}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.03.020}, pages = {69 -- 78}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Agricultural landscapes safeguard ecosystem services (ES) and biodiversity upon which human well-being depends. However, only a fraction of these services are generally considered in land management decisions, resulting in trade-offs and societally inefficient solutions. The TEEB Study (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) spearheaded the development of assessments of the economic significance of ES and biodiversity. Several national TEEB follow-ups have compiled case studies and derived targeted policy advice. By synthesizing insights from "Natural Capital Germany - TEEB DE" and focusing on rural areas, the objectives of this study were (i) to explore causes of the continued decline of ES and biodiversity, (ii) to introduce case studies exemplifying the economic significance of ES and biodiversity in land use decisions, and (iii) to synthesize key recommendations for policy, planning and management. Our findings indicate that the continued decrease of ES and biodiversity in Germany can be explained by implementation deficits within a well-established nature conservation system. Three case studies on grassland protection, the establishment of riverbank buffer zones and water-sensitive farming illustrate that an economic perspective can convey recognition of the values of ES and biodiversity. We conclude with suggestions for enhanced consideration, improved conservation and sustainable use of ES and biodiversity. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} } @misc{Albrecht1997, author = {Albrecht, Clemens}, title = {Klassiker der Soziologie}, year = {1997}, language = {de} } @article{Albrecht1998, author = {Albrecht, Clemens}, title = {Zur soziologischen Vergangenheitsbew{\"a}ltigung}, year = {1998}, language = {de} } @misc{Albrecht1998, author = {Albrecht, Clemens}, title = {Welz, G., Inszenierungen kultureller Vielfalt, Frankfurt am Main [u.a.], Akad.-Verl., 1996}, year = {1998}, language = {de} } @misc{Albrecht1998, author = {Albrecht, Clemens}, title = {Garrioch, D., The formation of the Parisian bourgeoisie 1690 - 1830; Cambridge, Harvard Univ. Press, 1996}, year = {1998}, language = {en} } @misc{Albrecht1998, author = {Albrecht, Clemens}, title = {Beik, W., Urban protest in seventeenth century France; Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997}, year = {1998}, language = {en} } @misc{Albrecht1998, author = {Albrecht, Clemens}, title = {Sartorius, J. (Hrsg.), In dieser Armut - welche F{\"u}lle! Reflexionen {\"u}ber 25 Jahre ausw{\"a}rtige Kulturarbeit des Goethe-Instituts; G{\"o}ttingen, Steidl, 1996}, year = {1998}, language = {de} } @misc{Albrecht1998, author = {Albrecht, Clemens}, title = {LeGoff, J., Reims - Kr{\"o}nungsstadt; Berlin, Wagenbach, 1997}, year = {1998}, language = {de} } @misc{Albrecht2000, author = {Albrecht, Clemens}, title = {Wehler, H.-U., Die Herausforderung der Kulturgeschichte; M{\"u}nchen, Beck, 1998}, year = {2000}, language = {de} } @article{Albrecht1999, author = {Albrecht, Clemens}, title = {Marcuse, Horkheimer und der Tod oder : ist die 'Kritische Theorie' eine Weltanschauung?}, year = {1999}, language = {de} } @article{Albrecht1999, author = {Albrecht, Clemens}, title = {Ist die S{\"a}kularisierungsthese eurozentrisch? : zur globalen Bedeutung politischer Religionen}, year = {1999}, language = {de} } @misc{Albrecht1999, author = {Albrecht, Clemens}, title = {H{\"u}binger, G. (Hrsg.), Kultur und Kulturwissenschaften um 1900, Band 2: Idealismus und Positivismus; Stuttgart, Steiner-Verl., 1997}, year = {1999}, language = {de} } @article{Albrecht1999, author = {Albrecht, Clemens}, title = {Kulturelle Hegemonie ohne Machtpolitik : {\"u}ber die Repr{\"a}sentativit{\"a}t der franz{\"o}sischen Salonkultur}, year = {1999}, language = {de} } @article{Albrecht1999, author = {Albrecht, Clemens}, title = {Kultur und Kulturwissenschaften um 1900. - T. II. Idealismus und Positivismus}, year = {1999}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{AlbrechtBehrmannBocketal.1999, author = {Albrecht, Clemens and Behrmann, G{\"u}nter C. and Bock, Michael and Tenbruck, Friedrich H. and Homann, Harald}, title = {Die intellektuelle Gr{\"u}ndung der Bundesrepublik : eine Wirkungsgeschichte der Frankfurter Schule}, publisher = {Campus Verl.}, address = {Frankfurt}, isbn = {3-593-36214-7}, pages = {649 S.}, year = {1999}, language = {de} } @article{AlbrechtBock1999, author = {Albrecht, Clemens and Bock, Michael}, title = {One Culture - Many Cultures - Culture Clash}, year = {1999}, language = {en} } @article{AndersonZelle1995, author = {Anderson, Christopher and Zelle, Carsten}, title = {Helmut Kohl and the CDU victory}, year = {1995}, language = {en} } @article{Andresen2004, author = {Andresen, S{\"u}nne}, title = {Das Konkurrenzfeld Universit{\"a}t als Ort der "Normalisierung" feministischer Forschungsinteressen}, issn = {1022-2294}, year = {2004}, language = {de} } @misc{Andresen2003, author = {Andresen, S{\"u}nne}, title = {Bothfeld, S., Gronbach, S., Riedm{\"u}ller, B. (Hrsg.), Gender Mainstreaming : eine Innovation in der Gleichstellungspolitik; Frankfurt/Main, Campus Fachbuch, 2002}, year = {2003}, language = {de} } @article{Andresen2002, author = {Andresen, S{\"u}nne}, title = {Gender-Mainstreaming : eine Strategie zum geschlechtergerechten Umbau von Organisationen?}, isbn = {3-320-02987-8}, year = {2002}, language = {de} } @article{Andresen2002, author = {Andresen, S{\"u}nne}, title = {Gender-Mainstreaming : Herausforderung f{\"u}r eine eingreifende Genderforschung und Frauenpolitik}, isbn = {3-88619-290-3}, year = {2002}, language = {de} } @article{AndresenDoelling2004, author = {Andresen, S{\"u}nne and D{\"o}lling, Irene}, title = {Geschlechter-Wissen in Organisationen : Einblicke in die Deutungsmuster leitender Fachbeamter einer Berliner Kommunalverwaltung}, year = {2004}, language = {de} } @article{AndresenDoellingKimmerle2002, author = {Andresen, S{\"u}nne and D{\"o}lling, Irene and Kimmerle, Christoph}, title = {Vergeschlechtlichungsprozesse : Universit{\"a}t Potsdam untersucht in der Berliner Verwaltung}, year = {2002}, language = {de} } @article{AndresenKimmerle2003, author = {Andresen, S{\"u}nne and Kimmerle, Christoph}, title = {Wissenschaftsorganisationen im Wandel : neue Perspektiven f{\"u}r die Gleichstellungspolitik? Kongressbericht zur gleichnamigen Tagung am WZB (05.-06.12.2002)}, year = {2003}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Andrews2011, author = {Andrews, Claudia}, title = {Fundraising interdisziplin{\"a}r : ein Beitrag zur Erneuerung der Kultur gemeinwohlbezogenen Gebens}, publisher = {Logos-Verl.}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-8325-2978-9}, pages = {298 S.}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @article{Angelow2014, author = {Angelow, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Das System von 1914 : Funktionen und Spielr{\"a}ume}, year = {2014}, language = {de} } @article{Angelow2014, author = {Angelow, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Die Julikrise von 1914 : konkurierende Deutungs- und Handlungsebenen}, year = {2014}, language = {de} } @misc{Angerer2017, author = {Angerer, Marie-Luise}, title = {Moving Forces}, series = {The minnesota review}, volume = {88}, journal = {The minnesota review}, publisher = {Duke Univ. Press}, address = {Durham}, issn = {0026-5667}, doi = {10.1215/00265667-3787414}, pages = {83 -- 95}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Throughout a large part of the twentieth century, the body was interpreted as a field of signs, the meaning of which pointed to an unconscious dimension. At the height of the popularity of structuralism, Jacques Lacan deemed the unconscious to be "structured like a language." Starting in the early 1990s, however, a deep shift occurred in the way the body was interpreted. A new movement cast tremendous doubt on the hegemony of language and instead advocated a performative, pictorial, and affective approach — the so-called material turn — which encompassed all of these. In the words of Karen Barad, this turn inquired as to why meaning, history, and truth are assigned to language only, whereas the movements of materiality are given less prominence: "How did language come to be more trustworthy than matter? Why are language and culture granted their own agency and historicity while matter is figured as passive and immutable?" With this shift toward the material, bodies began to be seen in a different light and their materiality understood as something that follows its own laws and movements, which cannot be understood exclusively in terms of social-cultural codes. Instead, these laws and movements call into question the very dichotomies of nature/culture and body/spirit.}, language = {en} } @article{Angerer2018, author = {Angerer, Marie-Luise}, title = {Intensive bondage}, series = {Affect in relation: families, places, technologies}, journal = {Affect in relation: families, places, technologies}, publisher = {Routledge}, address = {Abingdon}, isbn = {978-1-315-16386-4}, pages = {241 -- 258}, year = {2018}, language = {en} } @book{Angerer2017, author = {Angerer, Marie-Luise}, title = {Ecology of Affect}, publisher = {meson press eG}, address = {L{\"u}neburg}, isbn = {978-3-95796-095-5}, pages = {70}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The way we conceive the human today is particularly affected by the shifts in media technology during the 20th century. Affect emerges as the new liminal concept that renders the body compatible in novel ways with the technology and politics of media. By ways of a relational reorganization the organic end technological life is condensed in a new, intense way to an ecology of affects.}, language = {en} } @article{ApeltBesioCorsietal.2017, author = {Apelt, Maja and Besio, Cristina and Corsi, Giancarlo and von Groddeck, Victoria and Grothe-Hammer, Michael and Tacke, Veronika}, title = {Resurrecting organization without renouncing society}, series = {European management journal}, volume = {35}, journal = {European management journal}, number = {1}, publisher = {Elsevier Science}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0263-2373}, doi = {10.1016/j.emj.2017.01.002}, pages = {8 -- 14}, year = {2017}, abstract = {In a recent article in this journal, Ahrne, Brunsson, and Seidl (2016) suggest a definition of organization as a 'decided social order' composed of five elements (membership, rules, hierarchies, monitoring, and sanctions) which rest on decisions. 'Partial organization' uses only one or a few of these decidable elements while 'complete organization' uses them all. Such decided orders may also occur outside formal organizations, as the authors observe. Although we appreciate the idea of improving our understanding of organization(s) in modern society, we believe that Ahrne, Brunsson, and Seidl's suggestion jeopardizes the concept of organization by blurring its specific meaning. As the authors already draw on the work of Niklas Luhmann, we propose taking this exploration a step further and the potential of systems theory more seriously. Organizational analysis would then be able to retain a distinctive notion of formal organization on the one hand while benefiting from an encompassing theory of modern society on the other. With this extended conceptual framework, we would expect to gain a deeper understanding of how organizations implement and shape different societal realms as well as mediate between their particular logics, and, not least, how they are related to non-organizational social forms (e.g. families).}, language = {en} } @article{ApeltSenge2015, author = {Apelt, Maja and Senge, Konstanze}, title = {Organisation und Unsicherheit}, series = {Organisation und Unsicherheit}, journal = {Organisation und Unsicherheit}, editor = {Apelt, Maja}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Wiesbaden}, pages = {1 -- 13}, year = {2015}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Apt2010, author = {Apt, Wenke}, title = {German foreign and security policy in transition: new constraints of demographic change}, address = {Potsdam}, pages = {280 S.}, year = {2010}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Armutat2003, author = {Armutat, Sascha}, title = {Kompetenzentwicklung im universit{\"a}ren Studienfach Personal f{\"u}r das Berufsfeld Personalmanagement}, volume = {35}, publisher = {Hampp}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, isbn = {3-87988-768-3}, pages = {330 S.}, year = {2003}, language = {de} } @book{AulenbacherFunderJacobsenetal.2007, author = {Aulenbacher, Brigitte and Funder, Maria and Jacobsen, Heike and V{\"o}lker, Susanne}, title = {Arbeit und Geschlecht im Umbruch der modernen Gesellschaft : Forschung im Dialog}, series = {Geschlecht und Gesellschaft}, volume = {40}, journal = {Geschlecht und Gesellschaft}, publisher = {VS Verl. f{\"u}r Sozialwiss}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {978-3-531-15139-7}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-531-90438-2}, pages = {306 S.}, year = {2007}, language = {de} } @article{AulenbacherJacobsenVoelker2007, author = {Aulenbacher, Brigitte and Jacobsen, Heike and V{\"o}lker, Susanne}, title = {Forschung im Dialog - Einleitung}, isbn = {978-3-531-15139-7}, year = {2007}, language = {de} } @incollection{BabendreierBeyerMai2016, author = {Babendreier, Christian and Beyer, Tobias and Mai, Jana}, title = {Georg B{\"u}chner: Woyzeck}, series = {Politische Bildung im Theater}, booktitle = {Politische Bildung im Theater}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Wiesbaden}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {95 -- 120}, year = {2016}, language = {de} } @article{Bach2007, author = {Bach, Tobias}, title = {Agencies in Norwegen : Steuerung und Organisation zentralstaatlicher Beh{\"o}rden}, isbn = {978-3- 531-15422-0}, year = {2007}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Bach2014, author = {Bach, Tobias}, title = {Autonomie und Steuerung verselbst{\"a}ndigter Beh{\"o}rden : eine empirische Analyse am Beispiel Deutschlands und Norwegens}, series = {Interdisziplin{\"a}re Organisations- und Verwaltungsforschung}, volume = {19}, journal = {Interdisziplin{\"a}re Organisations- und Verwaltungsforschung}, publisher = {Springer Fachmedien}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {978-3-658-04298-1}, pages = {357 S.}, year = {2014}, language = {de} } @article{BachJantzVeit2011, author = {Bach, Tobias and Jantz, Bastian and Veit, Sylvia}, title = {Verwaltungspolitik als Politikfeld}, isbn = {978-3-531- 17546-1}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @incollection{BachmayerHagerHofer2016, author = {Bachmayer, Rene and Hager, Anna and Hofer, Simone}, title = {Friedrich Schiller: Don Karlos}, series = {Politische Bildung im Theater}, booktitle = {Politische Bildung im Theater}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Wiesbaden}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {73 -- 94}, year = {2016}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Badura2010, author = {Badura, Benjamin}, title = {Dezentralization, network governance and territorial competitiveness : theory with empirical evidence from local governments in El Salvador and Nicaragua}, address = {Potsdam}, pages = {246 S.}, year = {2010}, language = {en} } @article{BalderjahnPeyerSeegebarthetal.2018, author = {Balderjahn, Ingo and Peyer, Mathias and Seegebarth, Barbara and Wiedmann, Klaus-Peter and Weber, Anja}, title = {The many faces of sustainability-conscious consumers}, series = {Journal of Business Research}, volume = {91}, journal = {Journal of Business Research}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {New York}, issn = {0148-2963}, doi = {10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.05.022}, pages = {83 -- 93}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Responding to the global call for a "sustainable economy" requires meaningful insights into sustainability-conscious consumers and their actual buying behaviors. Sustainable consumption is not an all-or-nothing phenomenon because it encompasses several distinct behavioral patterns and consumption types. Therefore, companies are well advised to recognize multiple types of sustainability-conscious consumers with different expectations, attitudes, and values and to implement targeting strategies that do not rest on the assumption of homogeneity. Thus, the objective of this study is to provide a more fine-grained picture of (un)sustainable consumer segments and their differentiated effects in different product markets. Based on three large datasets, we create a robust six-segment typology of consumer consciousness regarding sustainable consumption. By using panel data on actual purchases, the results show not only that sustainability concerns significantly positively influence actual sustainable purchases, as expected, but also that sustainable buying can occur independently of sustainability concerns.}, language = {en} } @incollection{BalkInanSenneke2016, author = {Balk, Jennifer and Inan, Aylin and Senneke, Marie}, title = {Yasmina Reza: Der Gott des Gemetzels}, series = {Politische Bildung im Theater}, booktitle = {Politische Bildung im Theater}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Wiesbaden}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {205 -- 228}, year = {2016}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Balke2015, author = {Balke, Gregor}, title = {Episoden des Allt{\"a}glichen - Sitcoms und Gesellschaft}, publisher = {Velbr{\"u}ck Wiss.}, address = {Weilerswist}, isbn = {978-3-95832-073-4}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {613}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Die Popul{\"a}rkultur hat mit der Sitcom ein eigent{\"u}mliches Genre im Fernsehen etabliert. W{\"a}hrend Fernsehserien oft hinausblicken in jene Bereiche, die sich zum Teil drastisch von der Lebenswelt des Zuschauers unterscheiden, widersetzt sich die Sitcom seit {\"u}ber einem halben Jahrhundert dieser Blickrichtung. Stattdessen lenkt sie die popul{\"a}rkulturelle Aufmerksamkeit auf Themen, die diesseits unseres lebensweltlichen Horizonts verortet sind und liefert Alltagsbeschreibungen in pointierter Form. Damit b{\"u}ndelt sie eine F{\"u}lle von gesellschaftlichen Relevanzen und situiert sie dort, wo sie zugleich ihr Publikum findet: zu Hause, in den eigenen vier W{\"a}nden. Situation Comedies erweisen sich nicht nur deswegen als soziologische Erkenntnismittel, die - gerade weil es sich bei ihnen um Wirklichkeitskonstruktionen zweiter Ordnung handelt - normativ aufgeladene Bilder des Alltags zeigen. Im Genre der Sitcom wird dem Alltag als Sujet gleichsam ein medialer Ort innerhalb der Popul{\"a}rkultur zugewiesen. Die damit einhergehenden soziologischen und medialen Facetten ergr{\"u}ndet die vorliegende Studie - als erste deutschsprachige Monografie zu dem Thema - im Hinblick auf verschiedene Topoi wissenssoziologisch und hermeneutisch am Beispiel ausgew{\"a}hlter Sitcoms der zur{\"u}ckliegenden 20 Jahre. Als beeindruckend erweisen sich hierbei die tiefgreifenden und bildhaften Analysen der Sitcoms und ihre R{\"u}ckbindungen an wissens-, kultur- und allgemeinsoziologische Erkenntnisse. Die Sitcom erscheint als Unter-haltungsformat, das nicht nur Alltagsgeschichten erz{\"a}hlt, sondern die Produktions- und Rezeptionsbedingungen dieser Geschichten immer auch miterz{\"a}hlt. Es handelt sich mithin um mediale Artefakte, die gleichsam als unterhaltsame Mittel gesellschaftlicher Wahrnehmung und medialer Selbstwahrnehmung auftreten. Angelegt als qualitative Studie an der Schnittstelle von Medien- und Sozialwis-senschaften, f{\"u}gt das Buch dem gegenw{\"a}rtigen Diskurs um Popul{\"a}rkultur, Fernsehserien und Kulturwissenschaften eine soziologisch fundierte Perspektive hinzu, die f{\"u}r Sozial- und Medienwissenschaftler ebenso anregend ist wie f{\"u}r jene, die mit besonderem Augenmerk auf die gegenw{\"a}rtige akademische Rezeption von TV-Serien schauen - kenntnisreich dargelegt in einer klaren und zug{\"a}nglichen Sprache}, language = {de} } @article{Bals2011, author = {Bals, Hansj{\"u}rgen}, title = {Neue Haushaltssteuerung}, isbn = {978-3-531- 17546-1}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @book{BalsHack2002, author = {Bals, Hansj{\"u}rgen and Hack, Hans}, title = {Verwaltungsreform : warum und wie ; Leitfaden und Lexikon}, series = {Die neue Kommunalverwaltung}, volume = {1}, journal = {Die neue Kommunalverwaltung}, editor = {Reichard, Christoph}, publisher = {Jehle}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, isbn = {3-7825-0449-6}, pages = {218 S.}, year = {2002}, abstract = {Schwerpunkte bilden folgende Themen: Warum eine Verwaltungsreform? Wie soll die neue F{\"u}hrungsstruktur aussehen? Ist Dezentralisierung die richtige L{\"o}sung? Wie wird die moderne Verwaltung gesteuert? Die Budgetierung als zentrales Steuerungsverfahren Wie werden Gemeinkosten und Vorleistungen gesteuert? Verkn{\"u}pfung von Ressourcen- und Produktmanagement Warum brauchen wir ein neues Haushalts- und Rechnungskonzept? Wieviel Kostenrechnung braucht die neue Verwaltung?}, language = {de} } @book{BalsHack2000, author = {Bals, Hansj{\"u}rgen and Hack, Hans}, title = {Verwaltungsreform : warum und wie ; Leitfaden und Lexikon}, series = {Die neue Kommunalverwaltung}, volume = {1}, journal = {Die neue Kommunalverwaltung}, editor = {Reichard, Christoph}, publisher = {Jehle}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, isbn = {3-7825-0409-7}, pages = {218 S.}, year = {2000}, abstract = {Schwerpunkte bilden folgende Themen: Warum eine Verwaltungsreform? Wie soll die neue F{\"u}hrungsstruktur aussehen? Ist Dezentralisierung die richtige L{\"o}sung? Wie wird die moderne Verwaltung gesteuert? Die Budgetierung als zentrales Steuerungsverfahren Wie werden Gemeinkosten und Vorleistungen gesteuert? Verkn{\"u}pfung von Ressourcen- und Produktmanagement Warum brauchen wir ein neues Haushalts- und Rechnungskonzept? Wieviel Kostenrechnung braucht die neue Verwaltung?}, language = {de} } @article{BalsReichard2000, author = {Bals, Hansj{\"u}rgen and Reichard, Christoph}, title = {Das neue kommunale Haushalts- und Rechnungswesen}, isbn = {3-409-11580-3}, year = {2000}, language = {de} } @article{BangHoviSprinz2012, author = {Bang, Guri and Hovi, Jon and Sprinz, Detlef F.}, title = {US presidents and the failure to ratify multilateral environmental agreements}, series = {Climate policy}, volume = {12}, journal = {Climate policy}, number = {6}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1469-3062}, doi = {10.1080/14693062.2012.699788}, pages = {755 -- 763}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Whereas the US President signed the Kyoto Protocol, the failure of the US Congress to ratify it seriously hampered subsequent international climate cooperation. This recent US trend, of signing environmental treaties but failing to ratify them, could thwart attempts to come to a future climate agreement. Two complementary explanations of this trend are proposed. First, the political system of the US has distinct institutional features that make it difficult for presidents to predict whether the Senate will give its advice and consent to multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and whether Congress will pass the required enabling legislation. Second, elected for a fixed term, US presidents might benefit politically from supporting MEAs even when knowing that legislative support is not forthcoming. Four policy implications are explored, concerning the scope for unilateral presidential action, the potential for bipartisan congressional support, the effectiveness of a treaty without the US, and the prospects for a deep, new climate treaty. Policy relevance Why does the failure of US ratification of multilateral environmental treaties occur? This article analyses the domestic political mechanisms involved in cases of failed US ratification. US non-participation in global environmental institutions often has serious ramifications. For example, it sharply limited Kyoto's effectiveness and seriously hampered international climate negotiations for years. Although at COP 17 in Durban the parties agreed to negotiate a new agreement by 2015, a new global climate treaty may well trigger a situation resembling the one President Clinton faced in 1997 when he signed Kyoto but never obtained support for it in the Senate. US failure to ratify could thwart future climate agreements.}, language = {en} }