Kategorie: Publication
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New publication: Kontrollierte Politisierung: Bürgerdialoge im Rahmen der Entwicklung der ersten Nationalen Sicherheitsstrategie in Deutschland
In this new paper, Christian Opitz, Hanna Pfeifer, and Anna Geis discuss the citizen participation series that was accompanying the drafting process of Germany’s first National Security Strategy. They argue that the participation can be understood as a ‚controlled politicisation‘. The executive, primarily in form of the ‚Auswärtiges Amt‘ (Federal Foreign Office), specifically politicised some aspects,…
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New publication: Democratic innovations beyond the deliberative paradigm: a re-conceptualization based on Luhmann’s systems theory
In his latest open access-article, Christian Opitz discusses the current research on deliberative-participatory democratic innovations conducted by state administration agencies. Diverging from their often-times deliberative paradigm, he proposes a comprehensive re-conceptualization of such innovations, drawing from Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory.
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New publication: Democratic Innovations Administered. The Organisational Embeddedness of Public Administrators’ Attitudes Towards Participatory Policy Making
The prevailing discourse in Deliberative Democracy tends to overlook the pivotal role of public administration in shaping and executing democratic innovations. The new article by Christian Opitz addresses this gap by conceptualising how organisational structures guide public administrators‘ stances on participatory types of deliberative policy making.
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New publication: Opportunities to promote peace policy through new participation formats in foreign policy
In our new article in Wissenschaft und Frieden, we discuss efforts to bridge the gap between foreign and security policy and the public and probe their potential for peace policy.
Citizens in Foreign Policy 