A decade ago, the German Advisory Council to the Federal Government on Global Environmental Change (Wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Bundesregierung für Globale Umweltveränderungen - WBGU) published its main report. This attempt to take stock in 2011 made an impact and provided orientation on...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. 2010 Policy Conference, Washington, DC -- Ch 1. Postcrisis EU Governance -- Ch 2. From Convoy to Parting Ways?: Postcrisis Divergence Between European and US Macroeconomic Policies -- Economic Developments -- Monetary Policy -- Fiscal Policy --...

Power, rule, and legitimacy have always been core concerns of political science. In the 1970s, when governability appeared to be problematic, legitimacy was discussed both in the context of policy research and by critics of the capitalist state. More recently interest turned to governance beyond...

The enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) in 2000 marked the beginning of the ongoing systematic attempt by the United States of America to combat human trafficking transnationally. Through this Act, the United States employs a regime of positive and negative incentives,...