Globalizing Interests

Michael Zurn - Editor

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Globalizing Interests is an innovative study of globalization "from inside," looking at the reaction of nationally constituted interest groups to challenges produced by the denationalization process. The contributors focus on business associations, trade unions, civil rights organizations, and right-wing populists from Canada, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States, and examine how they have responded to three extremely globalized issue areas: the Internet, migration, and climate change. What they find is that "the politics of denationalization" is a new game with new rules, new teams, and surprisingly broad support for governance beyond the nation state.
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1. Globalizing Interests - An Introduction
Michael Zürn
On Globalisation: Broad Definitions, Methodological Nationalism and Structural Shortcuts
From Interdependence to Globalisation and Denationalisation
Avoiding Methodological Nationalism: Societal Responses to Denationalization
Avoiding Structural Shortcuts: Conceptual Framework and Cases
Hypotheses and Findings
Instead of a Conclusion: Towards Governance in a Post-National Polity?

2. Conceptual Considerations: Analytical Framework, Design and Methology
Gregor Walter, Marianne Beisheim, Sabine Dreher
Unit of Analysis and Case Selection: Governance Challenges
Country Selection: Germany, Canada, Great Britain and the US
Group Selection: A matrix of political cleavages
Dependent Variable: Group Responses to Governance Challenges
Methodology and Coding: Qualitative and quantitative approaches
Independent Variables: Towards Hypotheses on Group Responses

3. Internet Politics: Responses to Illegal Content and Cryptography in Germany and Canada
Gregor Walter
Introduction
Illegal Content on the Internet
Cryptography
Cases, Patterns and their Explanation: Some Hypotheses

4. Citizenship and Migration in Germany and the United States
Sabine Dreher
Introduction to the Case Studies and Group Selection
Labor Migration and Social Standards in Germany and the United States
Political Asylum in Germany and the United States after the Cold War
Towards an Explanation of Societal Responses

5. Politics from Above or Below? Climate Politics in Germany and Great Britain
Marianne Beisheim
Introduction: Governance Challenge, Policy Cycles, and Group Selection
Responses of Political Groups to Climate Change
Explaining Political Group’s Responses to Climate Change—Some Hypotheses
Discussion: Politics From Above or Below?

6. Conclusions: The Politics of Denationalization
Gregor Walter, Michael Zürn
Introduction
Politics as Usual
Beyond the “usual”
An Ideal Type of Politics of Denationalisation
Hypothesising the Politics of Denationalisation

Summary and Outlook
Technical Appendix
Bibliography
Contributors
Index

Sujets

• International relations
• Political economy

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791483046
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Globalizing Interests

SUNY series in Global Politics James N. Rosenau, editor

Globalizing Interests

Pressure Groups and Denationalization

Edited by Michael Zürn with Gregor Walter

State University of New York Press

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany

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Globalizing interests : pressure groups and denationalization / edited by Michael Zürn With Gregor Walter. p. cm. — (SUNY series in global politics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–7914–6509–8 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Globalization—Political aspects. 2. Globalization—Research. 3. Globalization —Political aspects—Europe—Case studies. 4. Globalization—Political aspects— North America—Case studies. 5. Pressure groups—Europe—Case studies. 6. Pressure groups—North America—Case studies. 7. Internet—Government policy—Case studies. 8. Carbon dioxide mitigation—Government policy—Case studies. 9. Immigrants—Government policy—Case studies. I. Zürn, Michael. II. Walter, Gregor. III. Series.

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Contents

1. Globalizing Interests  An Introduction Michael Zürn On Globalisation: Broad Definitions, Methodological Nationalism and Structural Shortcuts From Interdependence to Globalisation and Denationalisation Avoiding Methodological Nationalism: Societal Responses to Denationalization Avoiding Structural Shortcuts: Conceptual Framework and Cases Hypotheses and Findings Instead of a Conclusion: Towards Governance in a PostNational Polity?

2. Conceptual Considerations: Analytical Framework, Design and Methology Gregor Walter, Marianne Beisheim, Sabine Dreher Unit of Analysis and Case Selection: Governance Challenges Country Selection: Germany, Canada, Great Britain and the US Group Selection: A matrix of political cleavages Dependent Variable: Group Responses to Governance Challenges Methodology and Coding: Qualitative and quantitative approaches Independent Variables: Towards Hypotheses on Group Responses

3. Internet Politics: Responses to Illegal Content and Cryptography in Germany and Canada Gregor Walter Introduction: The Internet and its Governance Challenges

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Illegal Content on the Internet: Governance Challenge and PolicyCycle Cryptography: Denationalization Challenge and PolicyCycle Cases, Patterns and their Explanation: Some Hypotheses

4. Citizenship and Migration in Germany and the United States Sabine Dreher Introduction to the Case Studies and Group Selection Labor Migration and Social Standards in Germany and the United States Political Asylum in Germany and the United States after the Cold War: Governance Challenge Towards an Explanation of Societal Responses

5. Politics from Above or Below? Climate Politics in Germany and Great Britain Marianne Beisheim Introduction: Governance Challenge, Policy Cycles, and Group Selection Responses of Political Groups to Climate Change: Germany Explaining Political Group’s Responses to Climate Change— Some Hypotheses Discussion: Politics From Above or Below?

6. Conclusions: The Politics of Denationalization Gregor Walter, Michael Zürn Introduction Politics as Usual Beyond the Usual An Ideal Type of Politics of Denationalisation Hypothesising the Politics of Denationalisation Summary and Outlook Technical Appendix

Bibliography

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Ralph Waldo Emerson is attributed to have said that one should never read a book that is not at least a year old. If this rule were reversed, it would urge the reader to study this book because it is not only the outcome of several years of work, it also took more than a year to finalize the manuscript. The book is based on a collective effort in the context of a sixyear research pro ject located at the University of Bremen, Germany. The project was financed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and carried out at the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS) at the University of Bremen. Both institutions proved to be more than just necessary precon ditions for our work: The DFG provided the financial resources and—not least thanks to Helga Hoppe—efficient administrative supervision. The InIIS in Bremen supplied the necessary infrastructure and at the same time constituted a very stimulating intellectual environment for our work. Special thanks, therefore, to the members of the InIIS research colloquium, and most notably to Dieter Senghaas and Bernhard Peters. From the Bremen team, we would also like to mention Ryan Kalinko and Vicki May who are responsible for the Australian and British glitches in the otherwise smooth “Denglish” of the authors. Peter Arnhold, Julia Moser, and Jana Rosenboom provided support as research assistants and Stefan Walter significantly refreshed our memory on vector mathematics. The book is a study of the reaction of various political groups to dena tionalization challenges, and it would have been impossible to finish without the cooperation of the groups under consideration. Almost all of the selected groups assisted us in various ways. They provided the necessary primary materials and identified numerous interview partners in Canada, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States, who had the patience to answer numerous questions on the groups’ perspectives and activities. Our investigations were carried out over a number of years, and so many people have supported our efforts that mentioning them all would take up far

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more space than even the most patient reader would be willing to bear. We will thus only list the events which led to significant refinements to the project. In 1998, members of the Amsterdam RECIPE group commented most helpfully on our research questions. Our thanks go especially to Gerd Junne and Henk Overbeek. In 1999, Beate KohlerKoch and Michèle Knodt joined us in an intensive workshop on methodological aspects of our study. First tentative conclusions were presented at the 1999 Arnoldshain meeting of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW). The partici pants of this meeting, in particular Edgar Grande and Thomas Risse, pro vided valuable input. The next major step was reached following a workshop in 2000 during which Helmut Breitmeier, Rainer Eising, Nico Dose, Markus Jachtenfuchs, Andreas Nölke and Klaus Dieter Wolf proved to be both critical and constructive. In the same year, Danish scholars working on globalization issues commented on our research. We thank Morten Ougaard and, most cordially, our friend Georg Sørensen, who was very supportive during the whole project period. In 2001, members of the colloquium of the Wissenschaftszentraum Berlin (WZB)—especially HansPeter Kriesi— helped to hone our perspective on the conclusions. In addition to these events, we are indebted to various individuals from the American scientific community, especially Peter Katzenstein, Robert Keohane, Gary Marks, and James Rosenau. Last but not least, we would like to thank the anonymous reviewers and the staff of SUNY Press, especially Michael Rinella, who have helped to considerably improve the readability and quality of the manuscript. We hope you will like the ultimate outcome of a long intellectual journey.