This paper analyses how people's attitudes towards onshore wind power and overhead transmission lines affect the costoptimal development of electricity generation mixes, under a high renewable energy policy. For that purpose, we use a power systems generation and transmission expansion planning...

This paper analyses how people's attitudes towards onshore wind power and overhead transmission lines affect the costoptimal development of electricity generation mixes, under a high renewable energy policy. For that purpose, we use a power systems generation and transmission expansion planning...

Am 10. Juni 2011 beschloss der Kreistag des im Norden von Rheinland-Pfalz gelegenen Landkreises Ahrweiler, die Stromnachfrage im Kreis bis zum Jahr 2030 bilanziell zu 100 % durch erneuerbare Energien zu decken. Der Anteil der "Erneuerbaren" am kreisweiten Gesamtstromverbrauch hat sich seither...

Community-driven development is an approach to development that emphasizes community control over planning decisions and investment resources. Over the past decade, it has become a key operational strategy for many national governments, as well as for international aid agencies, with the World...

Am 10. Juni 2011 beschloss der Kreistag des im Norden von Rheinland-Pfalz gelegenen Landkreises Ahrweiler, die Stromnachfrage im Kreis bis zum Jahr 2030 bilanziell zu 100 % durch erneuerbare Energien zu decken. Der Anteil der "Erneuerbaren" am kreisweiten Gesamtstromverbrauch hat sich seither...

Community-driven development is an approach to development that emphasizes community control over planning decisions and investment resources. Over the past decade, it has become a key operational strategy for many national governments, as well as for international aid agencies, with the World...

Der Wohnungsmarkt ist aus den Fugen geraten. Wer die teuren Mieten in den Innenstädten nicht bezahlen kann, wird verdrängt. Die Politik scheint machtlos, der soziale Frieden ist in Gefahr. Florian Schmidt setzt sich schon seit Jahren für soziales Wohnen in den Städten ein, früher als...

Will politics lead to over-building or under-building of transportation projects? In this paper, we develop a model of infrastructure policy in which politicians overdo things that have hidden costs and underperform tasks whose costs voters readily perceive. Consequently, national funding of...

Der Ausbau des deutschen Höchstspannungsnetzes hat in den letzten Jahren in vielen der betroffenen Regionen zu einem starken Unbehagen in der Bevölkerung geführt. Öffentlich wahrnehmbar wird dieser Unmut durch Bürgerproteste. In den meisten Fällen sind Bürgerinitiativen die Hauptträger...

Der Ausbau des deutschen Höchstspannungsnetzes hat in den letzten Jahren in vielen der betroffenen Regionen zu einem starken Unbehagen in der Bevölkerung geführt. Öffentlich wahrnehmbar wird dieser Unmut durch Bürgerproteste. In den meisten Fällen sind Bürgerinitiativen die Hauptträger...

Will politics lead to over-building or under-building of transportation projects? In this paper, we develop a model of infrastructure policy in which politicians overdo things that have hidden costs and underperform tasks whose costs voters readily perceive. Consequently, national funding of...

Der Konflikt um den Ausbau des Energieübertragungsnetzes wird seit Jahren besonders durch Proteste verzögert. Abhängig vom regionalen Kontext dominiert entweder die Forderung, die Trassen als Erdkabel zu verlegen oder sie gar nicht zu bauen. Der Text untersucht die Reaktionen der Befürworter...

This thesis comprises four empirical research papers in the area of political economics. While the first two chapters deal with questions related to direct democracy, chapters three and four are about topics linked to representative democracy.

From the streets of Hong Kong to Ferguson, Missouri, civil disobedience has again become newsworthy. What explains the prevalence and extremity of acts of civil disobedience?This paper presents a model in which protest planners choose the nature of the disturbance hoping to influence voters (or...

Lebensqualität als Maßstab der Energiepolitik -- Energiebedingte Umweltbelastung und Klimawandel; Nuklearunfälle und empfundenes Risiko -- Nachbarschaftseffekte erneuerbarer Energieanlagen -- Erschwinglichkeit von Energie und Struktur der Energieversorgung.

From the streets of Hong Kong to Ferguson, Missouri, civil disobedience has again become newsworthy. What explains the prevalence and extremity of acts of civil disobedience? This paper presents a model in which protest planners choose the nature of the disturbance hoping to influence voters (or...

Some sociologists argue that non-intact family structures during childhood have a negative effect on adult children's civic engagement, since they undermine, and in some cases prevent, the processes and activities through which parents shape their children's political attitudes and orientations....

From the streets of Hong Kong to Ferguson, Missouri, civil disobedience has again become newsworthy. What explains the prevalence and extremity of acts of civil disobedience?This paper presents a model in which protest planners choose the nature of the disturbance hoping to influence voters (or...

Some sociologists argue that non-intact family structures during childhood have a negative effect on adult children's civic engagement, since they undermine, and in some cases prevent, the processes and activities through which parents shape their children's political attitudes and orientations....

"Politics in the Marketplace integrates politics, economics, and gender to ask how the Dames des Halles invented notions of citizenship through everyday trade during the French Revolution. As crucial food retailers, traditional representatives of the Third Estate, and famed leaders of the march...

Over the last several decades, there has been a widespread decrease in civic engagement coinciding with a breakdown in traditional family structures in many countries throughout the developed world. According to Putnam in Bowling alone (2000), however, none of the major declines in civic...

Cover -- Sage History page -- Halftitle page -- Fulltitle page -- Copyright page -- Marketing page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Contesting Development, Reimagining Democracy -- 3 National Rural Employment Guarantee Act -- 4 Participatory Governance -- 5 Joint...

Over the last several decades, there has been a widespread decrease in civic engagement coinciding with a breakdown in traditional family structures in many countries throughout the developed world. According to Putnam in Bowling alone (2000), however, none of the major declines in civic...