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two of the deepest thinkers about the history
of political thought, who respectively tried
to imagine a republic without a nation (Abbé
Sieyès) and a nation without a republic (Jo-
hann Gottlieb Fichte) .
The volume also exposes the undeniable
empirical and theoretical shortcomings of
the widespread notion that opposes civic and
ethnic nationalism, as demonstrated by the
historical nationalization of the Republic in
France . At the same time, a constructivist
analysis of nation as an open political process
and a detailed examination of the discursive
plurality of contemporary nationalism
are developed . Finally, the author proposes
a political theory that includes a concept
of nation that is neither essentialist nor com-
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Elisabeth Schleicher
Positive Peace in Kosovo
A Dream Unfulfilled
osovo today, more than eleven years after
the war, is still a fragile and unfinished
state enjoying only limited sovereignty
while continuing to be divided into a Serb north
and an Albanian dominated south . All the important
dimensions of society in Kosovo remain
critical and highly unstable . While the
security situation in the country, except the
North, has considerably improved, the living
Werner Schäfer
Advancing Ambition
Interests and Arguments
in EU Climate Policy-Making
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles,
New York, Oxford, Wien, 2012 .
459 pp ., 65 tables, 8 graphs
European University Studies . Series 31:
Political Science . Vol . 613
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his book explains under which conditions
the European Union adopts ambitious domestic
climate policies . It presents a theoretical
framework that combines insights from ration al
munitarian but federal and pluralist, and
then integrates it into a wider normative proposal
of plurinational federalism .
ramÓn máiz is Professor of Political Science
at the University of Santiago de Compostela
. His main fields of research are comparative
nationalism and federalism, and political
theory . He has published articles in
several journals and his recent books include
Democracy, Nationalism and Multiculturalism
(coedited with Ferran Requejo, 2004) and
Ethnicité et Politique (coedited with Jean
Tournon, 2005) . He is vice-chair of the board
of the IPSA Committee on Ethnicity and Politics
and a member of the editorial board of
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics and Pôle Sud .
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2012 .
XXII, 310 pp ., 1 coloured fig ., num . tables and graphs
Politik und Demokratie . Bd . 25
Herausgegeben von Helmut Kramer und Eva Kreisky
hb . ISBN 978-3-631-60678-0
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conditions of the Kosovar population are still
in a dismal state . Corruption and organized
crime continue to block the development of a
viable state, an efficient bureaucracy, and a
democratic political culture . This book systematically
analyzes and describes the relevant developments
in Kosovar society since the end
of the war and investigates how successfully
peace has been established in Kosovo .
choice institutionalism and the constructivist
literature on political rhetoric . Its main argument
is that ambitious sectoral climate policies emerge
in situations in which the opponents of such
policies run out of socially sustainable arguments
to defend their positions . The framework
is applied to five case studies of EU climate policy-making
concerning cars, buildings, the EU’s
emissions trading system (EU ETS), the promotion
of renewable energy sources as well as agricultural
greenhouse gas emissions .
Politique · Politik · Politics
Bohdan Szklarski (ed .)
Quo vadis America?
Conceptualizing Change
in American Democracy
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles,
New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2011 .
252 pp ., 12 fig ., 7 tables, 9 graphs
New Americanists in Poland . Vol . 2
Edited by Tomasz Basiuk
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t is possible to identify at least three ways
of conceptualizing change in American
democracy . First, change is seen as a product
of development . Here change is linear, it signifies
progress . The second model sees change
as coming from the reflection of the relationship
between values and their institutional
manifestations . It has a distinctly conservative
character . The third approach sees change
as an innovation, often a product of technological
advancement . Each conceptualization
of change stipulates a different set of problems
which need to be addressed . The first –
functional approach – is mainly concerned
with the efficiency of the socio-political system
. The second – intellectual approach –
poses questions about the system stability
and legitimacy . The third – mechanical approach
– inquires about the system’s adaptability
. These and other dimensions of change
are explored by the contributors in their analyses
of domestic and foreign policy, cultural
and social conflicts, economic relations,
ideologies, and public discourse in contemporary
America .
Contents: Bohdan Szklarski: Continuity
and Change in Conceptualizations of America’s
Future • Daniel Šmihula: The USA and
the World in 2030 • Irma Słomczyńska: Unilateral
versus Multilateral . Strategic Cultures
of the United States and the European Union
in Contemporary World Order • Agnieszka
Krukowska: In search for an American . American
National Identity at the Turn of the 21st
Century . Historiography of Americanness •
Małgorzata Durska/Ewa Stradomska: Business
Problems – Spiritual Solutions; Spiritual
Problems – Business Solutions • Paweł Laidler :
Security v . Freedom in the United States and
European Union: Which Value Prevails in 21st
Century? • Grażyna Zygadło: Americanos in
Amexica – Modern Visions and Re-visions of
Latinos/as’ Presence in the U .S . • Anna
Popławska: Color Line Redefined: Hispanics
in the United States at the Turn of the 21st
Century • David G . LaFrance: How Drugs and
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