Civil society participation has become a buzzword in the debate about the legitimacy and accountability of international governance. Many organizations, prominently among them the World Trade Organization (WTO), have come under considerable pressure to open up their policy-making process towards...

The legitimacy of international institutions is a contested issue both in terms of concept formation and empirical evidence and attracts attention from across the political sciences. The present contribution posits a relational concept of legitimacy that includes self-justification of rulers on...

Analyzing G20 governance -- Introduction -- The systemic hub model of G20 governance -- Generating the group, 1999-2001 -- Creating the G20, Berlin 1999 -- Governing globalization, Montreal 2000 -- Combating terrorism, Ottawa, 2001 -- Equalizing the influence, 2002-2007 -- Driving development,...

With China's emergence as a global economic and political power, it is commonly assumed that its leadership's influence in international politics has increased considerably. However, systematic studies of China's impact on the foreign policy behavior of other states are rare and generally...

Das Arbeitspapier beschäftigt sich mit methodischen Fragen in der vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft, im speziellen mit der Nutzung von Daten internationaler Organisationen (IOs) für 'large-N'-Analysen. Dabei geht der Artikel wie folgt vor: Zunächst wird vorgestellt, für welche Typen von...

International institutions increasingly affect each other's development, maintenance and effectiveness. Research so far has merely focused on the issue of effectiveness and broader consequences. The paper argues firstly that theoretical progress could be promoted by integrating variables...