Books

This report synthesises cutting-edge research on labour standards in global supply chains. Authored by researchers from the Research Network Sustainable Global Supply Chains, it examines the impact of global supply chains on decent work, sectoral variations, and the implications of evolving due diligence regulations.

The book looks at the question of the Tibetan nation from the perspective of Tibetan women in exile and explores their contributions to Tibetan nationalism. It captures the experiences, views, and realities of Tibetan women in exile, drawing from ethnographic interviews with participants in three Tibetan settlements in India.

„Sanktionen“ stellt fundiert, verständlich und anschaulich die Möglichkeiten und Fallstricke dieses zentralen Machtinstruments der internationalen Politik im 21. Jahrhundert vor und gibt einen Blick in die Zukunft: Wie werden Sanktionen künftig eingesetzt? Das Buch stellt Maßstäbe vor, die Europa und Deutschland bei der Verhängung ihrer Strafmaßnahmen in Zukunft leiten sollten.

Der vorliegende Forschungsbericht beschreibt für die sechste Welle von MiDInt, die im November 2023 stattfand, das Erhebungsdesign, die erreichte Stichprobe, die erhobenen Konstrukte und die dazu verwendeten Messinstrumente. Im Anhang findet sich das Erhebungsinstrument im Wortlaut sowie das Codebuch zum Datensatz, dem die Bezeichnungen der Variablen, deren Inhalt und Codierung entnommen werden können.

Mass–Elite Representation Gap in Old and New Democracies brings together a global array of scholars to examine the issue from new angles, drawing on evidence from North Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South America, and Europe. This global-level analysis of different representation gaps demonstrates that these gaps vary in content, structure, and the timing of formation.

Within an ongoing global debate on autocratization, the present book aims to study a region that still seems to be insufficiently analyzed in the global discourse: Central America. Nine thematic chapters on El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua explore the scope, paths and mechanisms of autocratization, while also examining resistance and opposition, combining legal-political analysis. The chapters hence make contributions with regards to 1. institutions, power structures and mechanisms of autocratization; 2. actors and mechanisms of resistance; and 3. international law, introducing the applicable standards to situations of autocratization.

This book explores the pivotal role of the military in “dictators’ endgames” — large-scale nonviolent protests in autocracies demanding regime change. It reveals why some militaries repress protests, back the opposition, or stage coups, using a unique dataset and a multi-method analysis of 40 cases from 1946-2014.

This book undertakes an institutional analysis of the GIFT-MENA network with a focus on its operations and operational challenges. It examines the network's attempt at establishing a permanent platform for cooperation and knowledge transfers in the field of governance and Public Financial Management amidst the region’s volatile landscape.

Salafist movements, like any phenomenon of social activism, follow heterogeneous, mutually influencing trajectories: from quietist Salafism to jihadist terrorism; from associationism in defense of human rights to institutional party forms; from Sufi-inspired movements to forms of Islamic populism.