"Konstitutionalisierung" ist zum Schlüsselbegriff der Debatten um die Legitimität des Regierens in der Europäischen Union und im internationalen System geworden. Dieser Essay plädiert für eine Rückbesinnung auf eine in diesen Diskussionen weithin vernachlässigte Disziplin. Es geht ihm...

The present report contains the proceedings of the inter-disciplinary workshop ‘Transnational Standards of Social Protection: Contrasting European and International Governance’, which was jointly organised by the EU funded project Reconstituting Democracy in Europe (RECON) and the...

The historical evolution of free trade has been accompanied by a plethora of debates, concerning both its positive effects and social costs. During the last decade, the subject of these disputes has markedly changed. The main objective of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)...

This paper discusses the fundamental tensions between economic globalisation and democratic politics in the field of international trade. New bilateral and regional trade agreements increasingly incorporate other “trade-related” policy areas and threaten to constrain state action and...