In spite of the manifold critique about the state of economics in the aftermath of the financial crisis, an even increasing presence of economists and economic experts can be observed in the public sphere during the last years. On the one hand this reflects the still dominant position of...

Unmittelbar nach der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise 2008ff. schienen auf politischer, wissenschaftlicher wie auch medialer Ebene die Zeichen guenstig fuer tiefergreifende gesellschaftliche Wandlungen und eine Abkehr von neoliberalen wirtschaftspolitischen Konzeptionen. Sechs Jahre nach dem...

Even after the financial crisis, economists still exert influence on politics and society in general on several levels and thus can be still interpreted as a discipline of power. Particularly in Germany there is a long tradition of institutionalized economic policy advice, which offers...

This paper shows how classical liberalism differs from neoliberalism with respect to the frames, concepts and ideas used to describe and clarify the concept of democracy. In short we argue that while classical liberalism provides central principles for the design of western democratic...

The article is a contribution to the evolving field of competition research. More precisely our paper provides a comprehensive typology of the different ways competitization is and has been studied across different disciplines and research programs. The article goes beyond a classical literature...