This edited volume seeks to explore established as well as emergent forms of governance by combining social network analysis and governance research. In doing so, contributions take into account the increasingly complex forms which governance faces, consisting of different types of actors (e.g. individuals, states, economic entities, NGOs, IGOs), instruments (e.g. law, suggestions, flexible norms) and arenas from the local up to the global level, and which more and more questions theoretical models that have focused primarily on markets and hierarchies. The topics addressed in this volume are processes of coordination, arriving at and implementing decisions taking place in network(ed) (social) structures; such as governance of work relations, of financial markets, of innovation and politics. These processes are investigated and discussed from sociologists', political scientists' and economists' viewpoints.

This edited volume seeks to explore established as well as emergent forms of governance by combining social network analysis and governance research. In doing so, contributions take into account the increasingly complex forms which governance faces, consisting of different types of actors (e.g. individuals, states, economic entities, NGOs, IGOs), instruments (e.g. law, suggestions, flexible norms) and arenas from the local up to the global level, and which more and more questions theoretical models that have focused primarily on markets and hierarchies. The topics addressed in this volume are processes of coordination, arriving at and implementing decisions taking place in network(ed) (social) structures; such as governance of work relations, of financial markets, of innovation and politics. These processes are investigated and discussed from sociologists', political scientists' and economists' viewpoints.

Dieses Buch geht in seiner Analyse der Frage nach, welchen Einfluss der Wahlkampf auf das Ergebnis der Bundestagswahl 2013 hatte. Dazu wendet es auf eklektische Weise etablierte Wahltheorien an und verbindet diese mit dem Konzept des "Wahlkampfereignisses". Um die Wahlerentscheidungen zu jedem Zeitpunkt des Wahlkampfs nachzeichnen zu koennen werden die Prognosemarktdaten von politikprognosen.de sowie ein Umfragedurchschnitt der Befragungsunternehmen mit woechentlicher Befragung (Forsa, Emnid, Infratest) herangezogen.

Im Buch wird auf der Grundlage von Strukturmerkmalen nationaler politisch-administrativer Systeme die Frage beantwortet: Wie gross ist das Potenzial von Ministerialburokratien zur Beeinflussung politischer Entscheidungsprozesse?