Parasitäre Netzwerke in Wissenschaft und Politik

Schneider, Wolfgang Ludwig; Kusche, Isabel

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“…Unlike most (quantitative) network analyses the network analysis proposed by us casts light into the ‘black box’ of interactions and actors within policy fields (cf. Schneider and Janning, 2006: 116) and thus gives insight into the motives and mechanisms within politics. Nevertheless, network analysis does not have to be restricted to an ‘either-or-approach’.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Actors can be described by using the following characteristics: They have specific perceptions, preferences and interests and pursue the aims of their organization; They are provided with a specific amount of resources; and They build and maintain contacts with other actors by means of communication and exchange of resources (Baumgarten and Lahusen, 2006: 179). This concept is based on the utilitarian premise that actors tend to be selective and strategic when making resource investments and that each actor anticipates the strategies of the other actors when choosing his or her options (Christopolous, 2008: 477; Schneider and Janning, 2006: 117).…”

Section: Governance and Network Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Networks are often the locus of conflict for competing policy ideas, thus policy communities are often clustered and factionalized. Such a single subgroup may be tied strongly within itself and share similar beliefs and policy ideas and it may be weakly tied to other subgroups (Schneider and Janning, 2006: 117, 194). Clustered and factionalized network structures create ‘structural holes' and brokerage roles (Christopolous, 2008: 477).…”

Section: Governance and Network Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

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2011

International Communication Gazette

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Structures of interest, influence and power in communication policy are shifting due to increasing digitization, economization and globalization. Against this background it is necessary to reflect more than before upon methods to study the relations between actors and their potential influences on regulation processes. The article explains qualitative network analysis as a research strategy for communication policy research and discusses qualitative interviews and network cards as research tools to put network analysis into practice. The theoretical basis consists of governance and network theory. The article focuses on an analysis of the German youth protection system, which provides practical insight into a qualitative network study.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Governance and Network Theorymentioning

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Section: Governance and Network Theorymentioning

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2011

International Communication Gazette

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“…These include the field of telecommunications, energy supply, public transport, as well as a range of other task areas currently under discussion (e.g. water supply) (Schneider/Janning 2006). Particularly at municipal level the classical providers of supply and disposal services have to adjust to this competition with entirely new strategies.…”

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confidence: 99%

Political drivers of and barriers to Public-Private Partnerships – The role of political involvement

Gawel¹

2017

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract: The application and design of public-private partnerships between the extremes of purely public or purely private task fulfilment in public services is, in practice, subject to political processes. Decisions about PPPs (realisation, arrangement) are taken in the political arena and are therefore not theoretical optimisation exercises. The interests and resources of the actors who participate in the political decision-making process as well as the rules of the political process have a powerful influence on whether, in what areas, and in what form PPPs are realised. The distance between this output and solutions that are theoretically desirable given certain ideal goals (e.g. efficiency) and conditions can be referred to as political bias. So what role does the political process play in the realisation of PPPs, in the actual design of PPPs, and in their performance? Using public choice and institutional economics theory this paper analyses what chances of success PPPs have given the existing decision-making structures and the inherent incentives for participating actors, and in what way political influence is brought to bear in the first place. Furthermore, aspects of political science in this field (legitimacy, democratic control) are considered as well. Using PPPs there might be a trade-off between reduced democratic control, but also reinforced market control. It turns out that political involvement might be both an important driver as well as an obstacle for (efficient) PPPs and that it is likely to decrease efficiency either way. A case study for userfinancing PPPs in the transport sector highlights the problems of political renitency. Terms of use: Documents in

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“…Stratifikation erscheint auf der Ebene des Gesellschaftssystems entweder als ein vormodernes Strukturmuster oder als eine nicht weiter zu beachtende Größe (sie-he für diese Kritik Schwinn 2004;Schroer 2010). Die These einer funktionalen Primärdifferenzie-rung der Weltgesellschaft schließe zwar die Existenz genuin moderner Stratifikationsformen nicht aus, seien für ganze Gesellschaftssysteme doch "Gemengelagen mehrerer Differenzierungsformen typisch" (Luhmann 1997b, 612 Ohlendieck 2003;Nassehi 2004a;Schneider/Kusche 2010). Die Kategorien sozialer Ungleichheit sind daher weder vormoderne Relikte noch fügen sie sich bruchlos in die strukturelle Grundsignatur der Moderne.…”

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Grenzrauschen. Zur Figur des Parasiten in der Systemtheorie

Leanza¹

2015

Das Andere Der Ordnung

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Abstract:At the heart of systems theory (N. Luhmann) is the problem of closure. One of the key questions is: How does a system close itself by drawing a boundary between itself and the environment? The ways in which a system generates and maintains its boundary depends on the type of operation it performs. Against this background it is, at first, astonishing that since the mid-1980s Luhmann has repeatedly referred to Michel Serres' book Le parasite. According to Serres, the figure of the parasite symbolises the impossibility of operational closure and stable boundaries. It is the excluded that returns to the inside. It is in this respect, this article argues, that the figure of the parasite cannot be incorporated into systems theory without rethinking operational closure and systemic boundaries. After having elaborated this problem, some of the main aspects of Serres' figure of the parasite will be reconstructed in order to adapt them within systems theory. It will be suggested to conceive of the parasite as an operation that confirms and rejects the operational closure of its host system. It creates order and disorder at the same time. Furthermore this paper argues that the notion of the parasite allows a more comprehensive understanding of modern society -an understanding that overcomes the temptation to behold a clear-cut order everywhere.

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Parasitäre Netzwerke in Wissenschaft und Politik

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Political drivers of and barriers to Public-Private Partnerships – The role of political involvement

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