Community Energy in Germany

Community Energy in Germany
Author: Jörg Radtke
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 742
Release: 2023-05-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3658393203

In this ground-breaking book, Jörg Radtke offers for the first time within research, a comprehensive insight into the range of organizational structures of community energy projects in Germany and their contribution to the Energiewende. Based on nationwide quantitative survey data and in-depth analyses of selected case studies of solar, wind and geothermal projects, Radtke documents the social structure and motivations of participating citizens. He examines new forms of material participation, community building and co-determination within the mostly volunteer-led community energy projects based on the civic engagement patterns of active “green citizens”. The author identifies a new form of individualistic participation and collective modes of action in line with new types of project-oriented participation between business, politics and civil society within sustainability transformation processes of the early 21st century.

Public Administration in Germany

Public Administration in Germany
Author: Sabine Kuhlmann
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2021-01-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030536971

This open access book presents a topical, comprehensive and differentiated analysis of Germany’s public administration and reforms. It provides an overview on key elements of German public administration at the federal, Länder and local levels of government as well as on current reform activities of the public sector. It examines the key institutional features of German public administration; the changing relationships between public administration, society and the private sector; the administrative reforms at different levels of the federal system and numerous sectors; and new challenges and modernization approaches like digitalization, Open Government and Better Regulation. Each chapter offers a combination of descriptive information and problem-oriented analysis, presenting key topical issues in Germany which are relevant to an international readership.

The Political System of Germany

The Political System of Germany
Author: Tom Mannewitz
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 581
Release: 2023-07-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3658413719

The textbook introduces the self-understanding, institutional structure and practice of the political system of the Federal Republic of Germany. The work provides a problem-oriented overview of the basic constitutional and foreign policy decisions that have constituted German democracy; the political field of forces formed by interest groups, citizens' initiatives, parties and mass media; the political institutions at the federal, state and local levels; the social reach and administrative enforcement of political decisions; the political culture including the structure of the political ruling class. The new edition also addresses, among other things, the consequences of the Corona crisis for the political system, the changing party system and the crisis of the EU after the 2021 federal election.

Care, Community and Citizenship

Care, Community and Citizenship
Author: Balloch, Susan
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2007-07-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1861348711

This edited collection focuses on the relationship between social care, communities and citizenship. While there is extensive research within each of these fields, until now there is a dearth of dialogue between them: this book provides a link in a way that is relevant to both policy and practice.

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Total Pages: 293
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ISBN: 3170441574

Direct Democracy in Europe

Direct Democracy in Europe
Author: Zoltán Tibor Pállinger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2007-12-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3531905791

Dieser Band gibt einen Überblick zu den Entwicklungen der Demokratie in den europäischen Ländern und zum europäischen Stand der Forschung.

Commitment and Compliance

Commitment and Compliance
Author: Dinah Shelton
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780199270989

The studies in this book concern the nature of international law, how it is and is not constituted, and whether commitments that are legally binding can change the behaviour of states as well as or better than non-binding legal norms do.

Democracy Beyond the State?

Democracy Beyond the State?
Author: Michael Th Greven
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2000
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780847699018

This insightful book provides an original and thought-provoking analysis of the widening gap between democracy-in-principle and governance-in-practice as economic globalization transforms our world. Nowhere is the deepening dilemma more evident than in the European Union. This book examines the contemporary breakdown and transformation of the democratic welfare state in Europe and draws fascinating contrasts with North America. In a cohesive and insightful collection of essays, a group of distinguished political scientists debates the implications of these trends both for theory and for policy.

Civilizing World Politics

Civilizing World Politics
Author: Mathias Albert
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2000
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780847698035

Civilizing World Politics offers an innovative approach to the changing contexts of global politics, moving beyond the ever more fuzzy debate on globalization to a concept of world society that transcends the nation state and embraces communities including nongovernmental organizations. It brings together research from various fields of political science, sociology, and social theory in new ways, successfully introducing U.S. students of international affairs to contemporary continental research in a way that enlightens as it civilizes.

The Political Uses of Governance

The Political Uses of Governance
Author: Didier Georgakakis
Publisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2012-09-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3866495072

The term of governance and the way it has been used by European institutions have elicited much interest in the academic world. However, the notion and its uses have often been studied only in terms of intellectual development or network analysis. Such researches leave us in the dark on a key question. What meaning does this concept actually hold to the actors involved? To what degree do they have a shared definition of the term? Does “European governance” work as a self-fulfilling prophecy, structuring the space of the EU and the practices of its actors?