5. February 2016
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Privacy Activism after Snowden

Fuelled by Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA’s surveillance practices, privacy is a widely discussed issue today. But despite the eminent visibility of privacy issues in the media, its political salience is questionable. Concrete privacy-enhancing political measures are few and far between and there ar no signs of a growing protest movement. Continue Reading →

19. August 2015
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Finanzkrise ohne Legitimationskrise? Kapitalismuskritik in der deutschen Qualitätspresse

Vielen gilt die aktuelle internationale Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise als potenziell transformativer Moment, der über die ökonomische Sphäre hinaus zu tiefgreifenden sozialen und politischen Veränderungen führen könnte. Nutzt die Kritik diese diskursive Gelegenheit, um sich in der breiteren öffentlich-medialen Debatte in Stellung zu bringen und damit eine Legitimationskrise des Kapitalismus auszulösen? Diese Frage untersuchen wir auf der Basis einer Inhalts- und Diskursnetzwerkanalyse der deutschen Qualitätspresse. Continue Reading →

21. July 2015
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Entstehung von Politikfeldern – Bedingungen einer Anomalie

Emergence of Policy Fields – Conditions of an Anomaly
Until now research on policy fields or domains has focused mainly on their structure, and the constellation of actors and interests and less on the emergence or decline of policy fields. So far there exists only anecdotal evidence about mechanisms that drive the emergence of policy fields. In this article we argue that new policy fields can only emerge if two processes interact: politicization and individuation. Continue Reading →

4. May 2015
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Internationalization and the Discursive Legitimation of the Democratic Nation State

The literature on globalization and the democratic nation state is dominated by a crisis diagnosis that holds economic and political internationalization responsible for the waning state capacity in recent decades. However, the causal mechanisms that link internationalization with changing perceptions and evaluations of legitimacy remain underexplored. While there are plausible normative accounts of internationalization effects on the democratic nation state and its legitimacy, empirical perspectives on the link between internationalization and legitimacy are few and far between. Our objective in this chapter is to probe the claim that internationalization has led to an erosion of regime support in the established OECD democracies. Continue Reading →