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CSR public policies in India´s democracy: ambiguities in the political regulation of corporate conduct
(2017-03)
The rise of public policies in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) suggests
a reassertion of state power over a phenomenon initially designed to weaken public
authorities. But depending on policy objectives ...
Politische Demokratie und die funktionale Differenzierung der Gesellschaft
(2016-03)
Der Text untersucht die Entstehung und Durchsetzung von Demokratie aus den politischsozialen Ordnungen heraus, die das spätmittelalterliche und frühneuzeitliche Europa
bestimmt hatten. Er skizziert diese Ordnungen am ...
The bipolarity of democracy and authoritarianism: value patterns, inclusion roles and forms of internal differentiation of political systems
(2017-09)
After World War II the political world was shaped by the ideological bipolarity of capitalism and socialism/communism for nearly 50 years. And there was a second bipolarity formulated by the distinction of democracy and ...
The logic of the Soviet organisational society: political control, the Soviet village, and world society
(2016-05)
The paper describes and discusses the variant of societal differentiation that evolved under the Soviet regime. My argumentation starts with the assumption of Socialism as a program with a universal, function system-exceeding ...
The Label of ‘Religion’: Migration And Ascriptions Of Religious Identities In Contemporary Europe
(2019)
This working paper presents three perspectives on the ways in which a labeling of social actors, processes, or conflicts as ‘religion’ or ‘religious’ plays a central role in disputes about migration and identity-formation ...
Towards a Poststructuralist Approach to Religion: A Response to "The Label of ‘Religion"
(2019)
This working paper presents a poststructuralist approach to religion studies and
discusses its usefulness in an exemplary way by engaging with FIW working paper
no. 11 on labeling processes of migrants in contemporary ...
Working for Harmony and Innovation?: Political Inclusion of Diversified Elites via the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
(2019)
This paper describes the fascinating case of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative
Conference system (CPPCC) and its evolution since 1949. The CPPCC’s original idea is to
allow select members who represent the ...
Paradigmen der Pandemiebekämpfung und ihre Öffentlichkeit
(2023-12)
Der im März 2020 in der Bundesrepublik wie in anderen Staaten erlassene Lockdown stellt eine bis heute eher selten thematisierte Abweichung von den bis dahin vorliegenden Pandemieplanungen dar. Mit den Lockdowns setzte ...
Autoritarismus und Periphere Moderne: Bemerkungen über die Verfassungskrise Japans
(2023-12)
Angesichts der Verfassungskrise, die die Durchsetzung des Sicherheitsgesetzpakets durch die japanische Regierung 2015 auslöste, versucht das vorliegende Working Paper, strukturtheoretische Gründe für diese Krise aufzuzeigen ...