This article introduces a mode of social action and interaction that has so far been largely overlooked in the U.S.-dominated international relations debate between rational choice and social constructivism that focuses mainly on the differences between instrumental rationality and norm-guided...

type="short" <p>This symposium item belongs to a section headed: SYMPOSIUM: CONVENTIONAL WISDOMS UNDER CHALLENGE – REVIEWING THE EU’S DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT IN TIMES OF CRISIS, which also includes Introduction: Rationale of the Symposium by Michael Blauberger, Sonja Puntscher Riekmann and Doris...</p>

How legitimate are the EU's treaty revision procedures, that is, IGCs and the Convention? Since the rejection of the Constitutional Treaty the recurrence to intergovernmental procedures appears as one way out of the current dilemma. We argue instead that the Convention method is not to blame for...

Im Jahr 2006 hat das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen mit dem Aufbau von Familienzentren begonnen. Nach und nach wurde ein gutes Drittel der Kindertageseinrichtungen zu Familienzentren. Diese Familienzentren halten - über die Kernaufgaben der Bildung, Erziehung und Betreuung hinaus - ein...