This article develops a reason-based social foundation of new forms of authority, which often are liquid and sectorally limited. The recognition of authority hinges, in this view, on reflexive actors who are aware of their own limits of rationality regarding the lack of either information or a...

This WZB Discussion Paper documents in detail the representative claims analysis conducted within the WZB bridging project 'The Political Sociology of Cosmopolitanism and Communitarianism'. It serves as methodological background for interpreting the dataset and findings based upon it. The paper...

We can observe some developments that indicate a further strengthening of human rights and the rule of law even after 2001. These developments are puzzling as they occurred despite largely unfavourable scope conditions. This article offers an account of these developments that focuses on...