Kenntnisse,Einsichten und Perspektiven der Internationalen Beziehungen. Forschung und Lehre,neuester Stand

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Governance-Theorien und Governance-Probleme: Diesseits und jenseits des Steuerungsparadigmas

In recent years, the governance perspective has found a remarkable resonance in political science. Its development has focussed on institutional forms of governing in post-hierarchical contexts. Its popularity has been fuelled by the promise to provide for a practically relevant, design-friendly integration of different disciplines, approaches, and theories. The predominant view of governance is still strongly committed to the idea of political “steering”. It is doubtful, however, that in a post-hierarchical context problems of governing are adequately described as problems of “steering” and its improvement. It is thus argued that we should understand governance in ways which can not be reduced simply to steering. Three such alternatives are presented. Only a pluralistic understanding of governance can help us understand what the practical problems governance research promises to elucidate are actually about.     

Politische Kommunikation, Priming und Wahlverhalten

This study examines Cho’s (2005) argument of priming-effects of political communication on the electorate choice. Hypotheses about the priming-effects of public and private television, of tabloids and mainstream newspapers as well as interpersonal communication in strong and weak community networks are deduced. The empirical analysis of the German Federal State Election 2005 reveals a priming-pattern that gains plausibility when discussing the election campaign and theoretical assumptions regarding human information processing.     

Bestimmungsfaktoren des Wahlverhaltens in Deutschland bei den Bundestagswahlen 1987, 1998 und 2002: Eine Anwendung des Modells von Adams, Merrill und Grofman

According to theories of voting behaviour, a number of factors can influence a voter’s decision. This is, first, the affiliation of a voter to a specific social group. Second, the existence of a subjective closeness to a political party can determine voting behaviour. A third and fourth account focus on the ideological or policy-area specific position of voters and political parties and the problem-solving competence of a political party, respectively. Fifth, voting behaviour could be candidate-driven so that a voter chooses the party that nominates his favorite candidate. Finally, the felt economic situation by the voters could affect their behaviour at the polls. This paper shows that party identification, problem-solving capacity, the belonging to social groups and the preference for a chancellor candidate are decisive factors for the explanation of voting behaviour in Germany. The analysis extends a model developed by Adams, Merrill and Grofman (2005) and uses data from the German national election studies of 1987, 1998 and 2002.     

Praktische Fragen und theoretische Antworten: 50 Jahre Policy-Analyse und Verwaltungsforschung

The article provides an inventory of key issues and results in Policy Analysis and Public Administration research in Germany in the last fifty years. It outlines main trends (planning, implementation, networks, management, ideas and institutions), discusses relations to the international debate, to other areas of political science and theoretical developments, other disciplines, and to political and administrative practice, and it illustrates the central importance of this area for German political science.     

Föderalismusreform: Kein Erkenntnisproblem,warum aber ein Gestaltungs- und Entscheidungsproblem?

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Zwischen Kultur, Rationalität und Neo-Pluralismus: Neuerscheinungen zum politischen System Japans

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