The field of security policy seems to have undergone dramatic changes in the last decades. Under the broad umbrella of a turn to security governance, one can observe trends of an internationalization and privatization of security. Of these trends, one seems to stand out, that is the increasing...

Wenn ganze Finanzsystemen von radikalem Vertrauensentzug betroffen sind, so können dem nur Einrichtungen nachhaltig entgegentreten, die einen fast unbegrenzten Zugriff auf Ressourcen haben. Solche Einrichtungen können auch "Selbsthilfegruppen" sein, wie etwa ein Pool mächtiger Banken, wie das...

Despite of their methodological and practical significance mixed-methods-designs have so far largely been neglected by political science. In this working paper, we elaborate a mixed-methods-design combining qualitative methods, such as expert interviews and document analysis, and quantitative...

This article develops a theoretical framework to analyze the rise and spread of global public policy. After an introduction to the background of sociological institutionalism, it first elaborates on the role and functions of international organizations, identifying instruments by which these can...

When do states turn to the United Nations Security Council? Today the term threat to peace is interpreted more widely than ever before ranging from inter-state conflict over internal wars to humanitarian crisis. Alarming the Security Council to international crisis is an exceptional foreign...