In the age of globalization, many economic sectors are addressed not only by the policies of national, but also of international institutions. Using three cases of highly internationalized sectors of the German economy - international tourism, telecommunications, and the pharmaceutical industry...

In the face of a vast, but highly heterogeneous literature, this paper examines the factors that shape different scientific perspectives on the loosely bounded set of phenomena addressed by the terms "globalizationʺ and "global governance.ʺ Based on the secondary analysis of research funded by...

In this paper the development of the paradigm of "political steering" (Steuerungstheorie) and how it intersected with the development of the concept of governance is analyzed. It is argued that use of the term governance does not indicate a simple extension of the analytical frame underlying the...

The paper is a contribution to a forthcoming special issue of the Journal Philosophy of the Social Sciences, edited by Andreas Pickel. The term (social) mechanism can be found frequently in recent social science literature, but only few authors have attempted to spell out systematically what...

Während der letzten 50 Jahre hat es innerhalb des Rahmens der klassischen politikwissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisinteressen verschiedene Themenkonjunkturen gegeben, sowohl im Bereich der Internationalen Beziehungen wie in der Demokratietheorie und der Steuerungstheorie. In diesem Papier wird...