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Tanja A. Börzel, Jana Hönke - Security and Human Rights

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Tanja A. Börzel, Jana Hönke

Security and Human Rights

Series: Schriften des Münchner Centrums für Governance-Forschung

Volume 7 2012

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The local politics of compliance S. 17-18

„… the compliance ofcompanies that have joined voluntary transnational initiatives.The local politics of …” „… Rightsare more vulnerable to shaming campaigns of societal actors and local communities. Human rights …” „… violations by public or company security forces can also causesignificant economic costs due to local …”

Unintended effects, competing norms, and changes in local power structures S. 38-40

„… come intoconflict with competing norms at the local level, such as the ‘politics of the belly’(Bayart …” „… Unintended effects, competing norms, and changes in local power structuresStudying local …” „… and conflict with local norms that arerelevant for the security practices of multinational companies …”

Literature S. 43-48

„… Economyof Local Politics in Weak States. In Intervention & Transnationalism in Africa: Global-Local …” „… : Addison-Wesley.Baron, David P. 2003. Private Politics. Journal of Economics and Management 12 (1):31-66.Bavier, Joe …” „… : http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL31912922; 23 June 2009.Bayart, Jean-François 1993. The State in Africa: Politics of the Belly …”

Routine security practices S. 36-38

„… local level, such as the ‘politics of the belly’(Bayart 1993; see Hönke 2010a: 182-188, 2012 and …” „… governance. However, local companyagents and contracted state and non-state security forces invoke three sets …” „… unaccountable and repressive state and local non-state political structures. The three sets of security …”

Company outcome S. 31-33

„… MNCs at their production sites anda neglect of local discourse and politics. Second, focusing on …” „… self-reporting to the company, local authorities and localcommunities regarding human rights violations by …” „… security company, Securicor, nor the local police and Mine Police that Securicor works with seem to have …”

Perceptions of security – defining and scoping an issue S. 33-36

„… practices of MNCs at their production sites anda neglect of local discourse and politics. Second, focusing …” „… practicescomply with them. In the following, we demonstrate how a bottom-up approachfocusing on local practices …” „… re-evaluates the VPs and corporate governance contributions and broadens our understanding of business in local …”

Transnational demand S. 22-29

„… property or extract private benefitfrom the mine and from the local population often cause violent …” „… into account the concerns of artisanal operators and local populations, extending conflict to company …” „… increasinglygained attention in international politics (Szablowski 2007).The VPs are the only transnational human …”

Table of Contents S. 9

„… 14The local politics of compliance 17Studying Corporate Security Practices Top-down and Bottom-up3 …” „… in local powerstructures 38Conclusion5. 41Literature6. 439 …”

The shadow of hierarchy and its functional equivalents S. 13-17

„… joined voluntary transnational initiatives.The local politics of complianceOur paper argues that …” „… in the oil, gas and mining industries’ (GlobalWitness 2010). For a critique of the Act's local impact …” „… . 2010; Newell 2001) and local community-based organizations (Eweje 2005;Lund-Thomson 2005; Bowen …”

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Rolf Frankenberger, Elena Chernenkova - Local Politics in a Comparative Perspective

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Rolf Frankenberger (ed.), Elena Chernenkova (ed.)

Local Politics in a Comparative Perspective

Series: Schriftenreihe des Europäischen Zentrums für Föderalismus-Forschung Tübingen (EZFF)

Volume 49 2017

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Gertrud van Ackern, Rolf Frankenberger Political Participation in Local Politics. The Case of Tübingen S. 151-162

„… Local Politics. The Case of Tübingen Gertrud van Ackern/Rolf Frankenberger Abstract: Participation is …” „… constitute the framework for participatory democracy in local politics. As will be outlined below, the lower …” „… politics, the local level still is the arena where citizens have the broadest variety of instruments …”

Rolf Frankenberger Does the Systematic Environment Matter? Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Comparing Local Politics across World Regions S. 19-34

„… Environment Matter? Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Comparing Local Politics across World Regions …” „… their inhabitants”1 constitutes the core of this tangible politics. The European Charter on Local Self …” „… regional laws. A consequence of this is that politics on regional and local level are frequently oriented …”

Elena Chernenkova, Rolf Frankenberger Introduction S. 11-18

„… 11 Introduction: Comparing Local Politics. The Cases of Petrozavodsk and Tübingen Elena …” „… Chernenkova/Rolf Frankenberger All politics is local. This is at least what former Congressman and US Speaker of …” „… ?”.2 Can we reduce the term local to the rootedness of national politics in the grass of …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-10

„… Local Politics in a Comparative Perspective The Cases of Petrozavodsk and Tübingen Rolf …” „… Petrozavodsk and Tübingen Local Politics in a Comparative Perspective Rolf Frankenberger | Elena Chernenkova …” „… comparative local politics and political culture conducted by a Tübingen Team of researchers in Tübingen and …”

Martin Große Hüttmann Understanding Multi-Level Governance. The Example of Migration Policy and Integration Management in Germany S. 35-42

„… independently. Only a system enabling relatively autonomous local politics could offer …” „… Introduction In summer 2015, the so called “refugee crisis” kept German politics busy for months. Public …” „… underestimated experts’ warnings on fast growing flows of refugees. Politics, public administrations and the …”

Varvara Inozemtseva Expert Communities and the State. Experience from the Republic of Karelia S. 173-186

„… authorities and local self-government. To explain the logic of making administrative decisions, we use a …” „… activities in the state-society politics are of special interest. The regions differ according to the …” „… , and politics in the national cultural and historical spheres. Further opportunities for expert and …”

Natalya Lavrushina Cultural and Social Exchange as a Vital of Citizen Participation. Petrozavodsk’s View S. 239-248

„… PART 6: LOCAL POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 241 Cultural and Social …” „… Politik im Wandel means Local Politics under Change and refers to the mnanifold changes in determinants …” „… and regulations of local politics during the past 25 years. 244 Russia and Germany, next autumn in …”

Rolf Frankenberger, Daniel Buhr Political Life Worlds in Baden-Württemberg S. 77-88

„… of the representative democracy, filling in positions for politics at least on the local level. They …” „… and concepts of Democracy and Politics, as well as different levels and forms of participation, that …” „… capital in America, in: Political Science and Politics, 28 (4), pp. 664-683; here p. 664 f. 9 Putnam …”

Elena Chernenkova Several Directions of State Support for Socially-Oriented NGOs in the Municipalities of the Republic of Karelia S. 187-200

„… PART 5: STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS AND NGOS IN LOCAL POLITICS 189 Several …” „… organizations to implement local initiatives and monitor the activities of public authorities and local …” „… governments. In 2014, the Support Program for Local Initiatives was launched. The goal of the program was to …”

Stephan Klingebiel Cultural and Social Exchange as a Vital Part of Citizen Participation. The Tübingen View S. 249-254

„… , fostering education, innovation and networking, and last but not least, city marketing. Keywords: local …” „… establish independent connections from federal politics and propaganda2. Two years later, in 1950, they …” „… ), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Local Government Initiative (LGI) of the …”

Nikolay Oskin Some Practices of the Karelian Resource Center of NGOs: Success Brings Experience, Activity and Interaction S. 215-230

„… ). After research, we always give training seminars in order to improve the skills of local participants …” „… question if they can be compared with local and regional research, where there is no averaging of the …” „… results and the emphasis is on important local factors. Also, there is the involvement of local …”

Oleg Tolstoguzov, Maria Pitukhina Sustainability of Social Relations: Internal and External Factors S. 89-102

„… Analysis of the social space and the behavior of local communities were conducted on the basis of public …” „… ). Key competence of the local population (a “cultural navigator”) that allows there to be an …” „… decades, the young city has formed the local community which has its differences from the regional one …”

Rolf Frankenberger, Daniel Buhr “Lifeworld”, Democracy and the Creation of Social Trust S. 43-58

„… , Samuel Barnes and Alan Marsh3 , Benjamin Barber4, and others we are analyzing politics and polities of …” „… Democracy. Participatory Politics for a new Age, Berkeley. 5 Schmidt, Manfred G. 2000: Demokratietheorien …” „… representative democracies. These are for example the disenchantment with politics (and political apathy) of …”

Anastasia Lesik Social Partnership in the Sphere of Legal Awareness of Socially-Oriented NGOs. The Experience of Petrozavodsk S. 231-238

„… groups can be provided by government bodies, local self-government bodies, state law offices, attorneys …” „… Institutions and the Development of Local Self-Government, Protection of the Rights and Freedoms of a Man and …” „… the regional and local levels): grants12, private donations from businesses, inclusion into the …”

Gleb O. Yarovoy, Elena Yu. Tsumarova The Institution of Public Heraings in the City of Petrozavodsk S. 163-172

„… hearings may be commenced by the population, a local representative authority and local administration …” „… hearing is of a recommendation nature. When making a final decision, local government institutions may …” „… part in the process of the passing of draft municipal legal instruments on matters of local importance …”

Yelena Antoshko State-Society Cooperation in Improving the Quality of Social Services at the Municipal Level S. 201-214

„… National Politics, relations with Public and Religious Associations and Mass Media.6 The aim was to engage …” „… region, the citizens, and the local self-government authorities also have the same level of influence …” „… oriented NGOs, local self-government bodies and state authorities. Fig. 2: Effectiveness of the Influence …”

Svetlana Rozhneva Discourses on the “National Idea” in Political Party Programs. The Case of the Republic of Karelia S. 65-76

„… contradictions between regional and local administrations that often illustrate affiliation to different …” „… idea, regarded as the ideological practice of the contemporary politics aimed at preserving system …” „… Politics: System, process, and Policy, London. 69 This objective was accomplished through content …”

Daniel Buhr Innovation by Participation – Quadruple Helix of a Welfare State S. 115-130

„… PART 3: SOCIAL INNOVATION IN LOCAL POLITICS 117 Innovation by …” „… technologies and policy recommendations have to be adjusted to national or even local care regimes and …” „… . https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/americas/2014-12-15/innovativestate (26.04.2017). 48 Runciman, David 2015: Digital Politics: Why …”

Marina S. Gvozdeva, Inna V. Kreneva, Olga A. Veselovskaya Sister City Collaboration as an Added Value for a University. A Case Study of Petrozavodsk S. 255-264

„… , ecology, medicine, politics and economy. 256 At the same time, in Petrozavodsk there was a NGO created …” „… great example of the citizen diplomacy and the implementation of the slogan “Think global, act local …”

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Kamal Donko - Territory, Power and Politics at a Frontier in Central Benin

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Kamal Donko

Territory, Power and Politics at a Frontier in Central Benin

Series: Bayreuther Studien zu Politik und Gesellschaft in Afrika | Bayreuth Studies in African Politics and Societies

Volume 15 2022

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Chapter 1: Territory, Identity and Local Politics S. 21-28

„… Territory, Identity and Local PoliticsIntroductionThis study seeks to contribute to the debate on …” „… and control, as well as how local and national politics are linked to the question of rural land …” „… and Local Politics22of the decentralised political structures. Land becomes a vital issue when the …”

Conclusion S. 280-290

„… by processes of decentralisation, and the general conduct of local politics. Kopytoff (1989) shows …” „… complexity of local politics and its multiscale dimensions is being observably undertaken through an …” „… strategies for local and national politics. Evidently, national politics is embedded in the regional and the …”

Chapter 7: Territorialisation of the Political Realm in Benin S. 228-279

„… political career through the re-territorialisation of Benin politics. He used regional and local actors who …” „… , including the purchase of votes to control the Benin political system. Regional and Local Politics and …” „… Local Politics and Territorialisation251Composition of the National Assembly (1999-2003)Political party …”

Chapter 2: Making frontiers: Theory and Concepts S. 29-53

„… are important areas of investigation, including in this study.Power, Land and Local PoliticsMany …” „… ” as it relates to power in the concepts of territory, identity, and local politics.Everyday LifeThe …” „… understand how local and national politics are linked to the land in the recent frontier zone of central …”

Chapter 6: Politics and Everyday Territorialities S. 177-227

„… related to local politics in the region. In an effort to maintain political power and sovereignty …” „… are closely related to local politics in the region and represent a way maintain political power and …” „… complex forms of local politics. Therefore, this section is aimed at understanding territoriality through …”

Chapter 3: Methodology S. 54-91

„… access to land and questions of belonging, and local politics in the frontier zone of central Benin. The …” „… politics, as well as how these local mechanisms of land control contribute to the current socio-political …” „… of the frontier zone.As this thesis deals with local politics, it is important to focus on how …”

Bibliography S. 291-314

„… ). Introduction: The Politics of Local Communities and the State in Africa. African Studies Quarterly, 15(1), 1 …” „… politics and the dynamics of property in Africa. Cambridge University Press.Lund, C. (2008). Local Politics …” „… . (1997). Neither global nor local: `glocalization' and the politics of scale. In Cox, K.R., editor …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-20

„… Table of ContentAcronyms 17Territory, Identity and Local PoliticsChapter 1: 21Introduction1.1. 21 …” „… . 40Power, Land and Local Politics2.5. 44Everyday Life2.6. 48Scale2.7. 50MethodologyChapter 3: 54 …” „… (1972-1990)7.2.2. 235Democracy, Identity and Territorialisation7.2.3. 237Regional and Local Politics and …”

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Reimund Seidelmann (ed.)

The New Germany

2011

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Mathias Fich Local Politics in Germany: Constitutional Basics, Problems and Current Developments S. 269-274

„… 269 Local Politics in Germany: Constitutional Basics, Problems and Current Developments Mathias …” „… Fich 1. Municipalities in the German Federal System In Germany, local politics follow the federal …” „… the state and the Federation. 4. Local Politics Local politics is determined by the existence of a …”

Alexander Grasse Federalism in Germany S. 239-269

„… . Municipalities in the German Federal System In Germany, local politics follow the federal principle of …” „… , competencies, and fi nances are organised parallel, they overlap or even compete at national, local, and …” „… supervision of local governments falls within the exclusive legislative powers of the states. The Basic Law …”

About the contributors S. 393-395

„… Studies, and Regional and Local Politics Fich, Mathias: Dr., College Teacher Oberursel/Germany. Member of …” „… . Publication and research on European Studies, and German Local Politics Grasse, Alexander: Dr., Professor …” „… Comparative Politics, Democracy and Political Culture Studies, and European Studies Dreyer, Michael: Dr …”

Ursula Birsl The German Parliamentarian System S. 189-208

„… backbenchers are fi rmly anchored in local politics and in the associations in their constituencies. They are …” „… , the “hard slog” started in local groups of the parties and in local parliaments. There one had to …” „… strategy for their career. Accordingly, they understand “politics as profession”. A typical career starts …”

Mathias Fich The German Party System S. 225-239

„… protest positions into politics – including coalitions such as in the city-state Berlin – and on the …” „… Socialdemocratic members of the national, state, and local parliaments. 16 Cp. Klein 2001/2004/2005, p. 176 et seqq …” „… defi nes strict criteria for granting state subsidies based on voters in local, state, national, and …”

Christoph Schuck Germany’s Development Policy S. 382-392

„… locals who are directly involved in and affected by development initiatives. Despite some adjustments in …” „… structure”); economic dependence on a few local raw materials which are exported to the markets of the …” „… developed and less developed parts of the world Main Sphere of Interest Economy Economy Politics and …”

Andreas Vasilache The Idea of Democracy in the West S. 147-168

„… philosophy – in particular Plato’s “Republic” and 150 Aristotle’s “Politics” have to be named here …” „… politics very often did not follow these ideals of equality. The medieval principalities, which built the …” „… . Politics did not appear as a systematic question, but as a personalized problem and question of the moral …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-8

„… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Alexander Grasse Local Politics in Germany: Constitutional Basics, Problems and Current …” „… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Hanne-Margret Birckenbach French-German Cooperation: Axis and Engine in European Politics …”

Kirsten Westphal Germany and Russia S. 373-382

„… primary focal point of Russian foreign politics. Instead, Russia always gave primacy to the relationship …” „… regard to order politics. To bridge this gap is the major challenge that impacts on other policy fi elds …” „… such as security, energy, and domestic policies. In regard to world politics, Russia follows a realist …”

Dieter Eissel Elections to the German Bundestag S. 208-225

„… multilevel governance, German elections decide about the composition of the local, state, national, and …” „… elections to the federal parliament are held once every four years, local and state elections every four …” „… Germany have the right to vote at the local level and to the European parliament. Although voting is not …”

Wichard Woyke French-German Cooperation: Axis and Engine in European Politics S. 335-349

„… 335 French-German Cooperation: Axis and Engine in European Politics Wichard Woyke 1. Introduction …” „… politics he approached Germany, which was ruled by the pro-Western Chancellor Adenauer. Adenauer, still …” „… close cooperation in culture, politics, economics, and even in security. But when the German parliament …”

Dieter Eissel The German Social Security System and its Reforms S. 121-137

„… , welfare is a compulsory task of local authorities. Social assistance is not a charitable donation, but …” „… and can be traced back to local and churches’ care for poor people. The care for the socially …” „… Politics approach Labour market effects Supplementary aspects order politics middle and long lasting …”

Kirsten Westphal German Energy Policy S. 137-146

„… owned by the German state, the federal states, and the local authorities in the energy market in …” „… politics in order to shape international relations according to their geopolitical and national interests …”

Hans-Juergen Schroeder From Division to Unity: The History of the Federal Republic of Germany S. 11-65

„… administratively, local selfgovernment, and the re-establishment of a democratic multiparty system, parties were …” „… to the present in Bavarian politics and its specifi c anti-centralistic tradition. After approval by …” „… politics follow fully the constitution became the corner stone of the new German democracy. However …”

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Thomas Hickmann, Markus Lederer - Leidenschaft und Augenmaß

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Thomas Hickmann (ed.), Markus Lederer (ed.)

Leidenschaft und Augenmaß

2020

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Andreas Obser Evaluating the Impact of “Local Governance” and “Global Environment” Projects in International Politics with a “Collegial Coaching”-Twist S. 263-274

„… International Politics. The topics of local governance and global environment (Hickmann et al. statt Fuhr et al …” „… Evaluating the Impact of “Local Governance” and “Global Environment” Projects in International …” „… Politics with a “Collegial Coaching”-Twist Andreas Obser, Evaluation Management of the International …”

Kristine Kern Von Vorreitern und Nachzüglern: Die Rolle von Städten und Gemeinden in der Klimapolitik S. 195-206

„… , Thomas/Stehle, Fee (2019): The embeddedness of local climate politics in multilevel governance: a case study of …” „… : embedded upscaling of local experiments in Europe. Environmental Politics 28 (1), 125–145. Kern …” „… international aktiv und schloss sich mehreren Städtenetzwerken, darunter 1990 ICLEI (Local Governments for …”

Die Autorinnen und Autoren des Bandes S. 299-305

„… Berlin. She earned a diploma in Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz, where …” „… position, he was a researcher and lecturer at Harald Fuhr's Chair of International Politics and he also …” „… Politics of the University of Potsdam. In her doctoral research, she explored how climate change has been …”

Charlotte Streck Public and Private Responsibility and the Evolving Climate Regime S. 221-234

„… corporations as well as civil society, local communities and individuals have to contribute to this effort in …” „… non-state actors – cities and local governments in particular- as well as his deep knowledge about the …” „… private sector, financial institutions, cities and other subnational authorities, local communities and …”

Tanja A. Börzel, Thomas Risse Environmental Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood S. 109-128

„… politics by fostering governance contributions of non-state actors. On the other hand, these new governance …” „… internationally leading regulation of water management, but the provincial and local administrative units in …” „… comply with environmental standards, local communities often are (Hackenesch 2015; Wegenast et al. 2017 …”

Werner Jann The Modern State and Administrative Reform – The Times They Are a-Changin’ S. 59-72

„… territorial, financial and functional reforms. The size of local government units was increased and their …” „… different levels of local, regional, state and federal government. These reforms of the ‘machinery of …” „… , or the Clinton administration in the US, but started at the local level. Thus, local administrators …”

Hartmut Elsenhans Green Growth or the New Frontier of Capitalism: A Kaleckian Approach S. 155-168

„… local costs of production. Crucially, however, stricter standards for environmentally safe production …” „… legitimation of supply-side economics. Those who consider environmentally friendly politics to be basically …” „… important here. His preference for decentralization and alliances between local governments and NGOs (Fuhr …”

Sabine Kuhlmann Bessere Verwaltung durch Dezentralisierung? Eine ländervergleichende Analyse institutioneller Reformeffekte S. 39-58

„… territoriales/locales) wurden nicht nur neue Aufgaben, sondern auch die damit einhergehenden politischen …” „… der local governments ausgehöhlt wurde. Nachdem kurz nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wichtige kommunale …” „… Dekonzentration klassifizieren, wohingegen die Reformen im technisch-planerischen Bereich (local development …”

Alonso Villalobos-Jiménez Tackling Environmental Degradation in Costa Rican Rural Areas through Market-based Instruments S. 141-154

„… studies funded by DAAD at the Chair of International Politics of University of Potsdam in 2009–2012. In …” „… mostly concentrated on Costa Rican rural areas in which local governments lack control and have few …” „… industry to profit from the lack of regulatory plans and territory planning tools at the local government …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-10

„… Evaluating the Impact of “Local Governance” and “Global Environment” Projects in International Politics with …”

Guillermo A. Navarro, Alonso Villalobos-Jiménez, Víctor Milla Trade-offs for Consolidating a Green Transformation: A Case Study of the Land Use Sector in Costa Rica S. 129-140

„… change. In the meantime, progress has been made using bottom up approaches and relying on local …” „… producers, principally to favor organic production and its recognition in the local market (GFA 2010 …” „… Desarrollo Humano Sostenible. San José. Scoones, Ian/Newell, Peter/Leach, Melissa (2015): The politics of …”

Wolfgang Merkel, Kilian Lüders Die USA: Eine Defekte Demokratie? S. 85-98

„… governance: local climate policies and the 1.5 °C target. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 30 …” „… , 1–6. Fukuyama, Francis (2018): Identity. The demand for dignity and the politics of resentment. London …” „… American politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Hochschild, Arlie Russell (2018): Strangers in …”

Thomas Gebhardt The Potsdam “Master of Public Management” (MPM) Program: Making Leadership Education Work S. 245-262

„… International Politics at the University of Potsdam in 1998, had previously been a Senior Public Sector …” „… positions in ministries, local governments and NGOs. Many of them are involved in public sector reform …”

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