This book focuses on the European Union as an important actor in international relations and international political economy. The EU negotiates international economic agreements, represents Europe in international organizations, and is a major trading bloc and currency area. To what extent and under what conditions the EU can use its considerable economic power to assert its interests in the international arena is a relevant question for students, researchers and practitioners alike. To explore this question, the textbook introduces the concept of "actorness" and presents an overview of the actorness debate and theories used to explain actorness. In addition, it includes three empirical chapters on trade, finance and climate policy that apply various concepts and theories to study European actorness in the respective policy areas.

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This book focuses on the European Union as an important actor in international relations and international political economy. The EU negotiates international economic agreements, represents Europe in international organizations, and is a major trading bloc and currency area. To what extent and under what conditions the EU can use its considerable economic power to assert its interests in the international arena is a relevant question for students, researchers and practitioners alike. To explore this question, the textbook introduces the concept of "actorness" and presents an overview of the actorness debate and theories used to explain actorness. In addition, it includes three empirical chapters on trade, finance and climate policy that apply various concepts and theories to study European actorness in the respective policy areas.

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Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Klima- und Umweltpolitik, Note: 1,0, Eberhard-Karls-Universitat Tubingen (Fakultat der Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften, Institut fur Politikwissenschaft ), 84 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der Politikwissenschaft wird in den letzten Jahren immer wieder der Ansatz des Global Governance zur Losung von transnationalen Problemen debattiert. In dieser Arbeit wird der Versuch unternommen, Machtasymmetrien als inhibierendem Faktor fur die internationale Umweltkooperation im Bereich der Klimapolitik herauszustellen. Als theoretischem Ansatz wird mit der Regimetheorie respektive dem situationsstrukturellen Ansatz nach Zurn gearbeitet, der aus der situativen Konstellation der Akteure zueinander Aussagen uber die Kooperationswahrscheinlichkeit treffen kann. Als sekundare Einflussfaktoren werden die Anteile der Lander an den CO2-Emissionen sowie deren objektive und politische Betroffenheit berucksichtigt. Anschliessend wird debattiert, inwiefern in der internationalen Umweltpolitik Potenziale fur eine zukunftige Regulierung durch Global Governance existieren

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - Deutschland - 1848, Kaiserreich, Imperialismus, Note: 1,7, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Veranstaltung: Proseminar: Neuere Geschichte, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese wissenschaftliche Arbeit behandelt als ubergeordneten Themenkomplex das Sozialistengesetz im deutschen Kaiserreich, welches von 1878-1890 galt. Hauptsachlich beschaftigt sich die Arbeit mit der Frage, was die Auswirkungen des Sozialistengesetzes auf die Sozialdemokratie waren. Es lasst sich nicht abstreiten, dass das Sozialistengesetz Leid uber viele Sozialdemokraten brachte und dass es auch die Einkommenschancen der Arbeiter verschlechterte. Dennoch schaffte es die Sozialdemokratie sich aufgrund ihrer guten Organisation, trotz des Sozialistengesetzes, enorm auszubreiten. Die Sozialdemokratie ist eine Art Ideologie, der die Arbeiter angehorten. Umgesetzt werden sollten die Ideen der Sozialdemokratie durch verschiedene Vereine, durch sozialistische Parteien und durch Gewerkschaften.