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The idea of a "chain of legitimation" is a central thought in German constitutional theory. However, the conception of a chain of legitimacy does not appear to be sufficient to justify transnational democracy. Starting from this diagnosis, the paper introduces an alternative conception of...
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International initiatives in education, such as PISA and the Bologna Process, have distinctly changed conditions framing domestic policy-making. This paper sheds light on the territorial and modal dispersion of national education policy networks by means of a systematic network analytical...
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This article focuses on the changing role of the state in financing, providing and regulating health care services under the German health care system from 1970-2000. While a reduced role of the state can be observed in terms of financing, our analysis of service provision indicates inconsistent...
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Principal-Agent (P-A) theory sees the fact of delegation as defining a relationship be-tween states (collective Principals) and international organizations (Agents) with recon-tracting threats being the predominate way states influence IOs. Developing a category of Trustee-Agents, I argue that...
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This paper deals with the ways in which the interconnectedness of multiple political levels in increaingly internationalized structures of governance impacts on these levels' democratic legitimation. Focusing on the European Union (EU), it argues that in the EU's multi-level system, the...
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Als-Ob-Kriegsführung bedeutet, dass irgendeinem unerwünschten Phänomen wie Verbrechen, Armut, Drogen, illegale Immigration, Terrorismus politisch der Krieg erklärt wird. In immergleicher Weise wird diese Kriegserklärung von den Amtsinhabern des Weißen Hauses seit Anfang des zwanzigsten...
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"Zurück ins 20 Jahrhundert!" - so die Aufforderung am Ende des Beitrages, der in einem schlaglichtartigen Streifzug durch die neuzeitliche Steuergeschichte die Entwicklung der Grundprinzipien in der Besteuerung mit dem Ziel aufgezeigt, Vorschläge aus der aktuellen steuerpolitischen Debatte in...
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Um äußere Sicherheit unter erschwerten objektiven Bedingungen wie gestiegenen Erwartungen nach wie vor hinreichend gewährleisten zu können, haben sich die Regierungen vor allem der OECD-Welt nach dem Ende des Systemantagonismus zu einer noch engeren Zusammenarbeit im Rahmen internationaler...
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