| Vorwort | 5 |
| Contents – Inhaltsverzeichnis | 6 |
| 1Introduction | 8 |
| References | 13 |
| I Taking Concepts Seriously – Die Bedeutung von Begriffen | 15 |
| 2A Conceptual Model of Desire-Based Choice | 16 |
| 1 Introduction | 16 |
| 2 The Model | 16 |
| 3 Non-Feasibility | 18 |
| 4 Evaluation and Choice | 20 |
| 5 Conclusion | 24 |
| References | 26 |
| 3 Conceptual Confusion is Not Always a Bad Thing – The Curious Case of European Radical Right Studies | 27 |
| 1 Introduction | 27 |
| 2 “European Radical Right Studies” - a messy field | 28 |
| 3 Data | 29 |
| 4 Findings | 30 |
| 5 Conclusion | 41 |
| References | 41 |
| 4 Zum Begriff des „Politischen Extremismus“ – Kritik und Kritik der Kritik | 45 |
| 1 Zum Begriff des „Politischen Extremismus“ | 45 |
| 2 Kritik am Extremismuskonzept | 50 |
| 3 Fazit | 58 |
| Literatur | 59 |
| 5What Is Important? – Some Short Remarks on How to Deal with Relatedness | 62 |
| 1 Is the question ‘What is important?’ a question like ‘What has Jones eaten this morning?’ | 62 |
| 2 Is the question ‘What is important?’ elliptical in the same way as the statement ‘O is to the left of P’? | 63 |
| 3 Is there a frame of reference with respect to the predicate ‘is important’ so that it functions similar to nautical or anatomical language? | 65 |
| 4 Can one identify another controversial question at a deeper level of analysis of ‘What is important’? | 66 |
| References | 66 |
| 6Does Non-Domination Imply Freedom? A Discussion of the Neorepublican Conception of Freedom | 68 |
| 1 Introduction | 68 |
| 2 Freedom as Non-Domination | 70 |
| 3 A Conceptual Discussion of Freedom as Non-domination | 72 |
| 4 Conclusion | 82 |
| References | 82 |
| II Normative Political Theory – Normative Politische Theorie | 84 |
| 7Okzidentalismus – Die „östliche“ Kritik an politischen Prinzipien des Westens | 85 |
| 1 Orientalismus in Edward Saids Studie | 86 |
| 2 Orientalismus in der modernen politischen Philosophie? Montesquieu, Kant, Burke und Mill | 89 |
| 3 Burumas und Margalits Okzidentalismus-These | 94 |
| 4 Okzidentalismus im Westen: Anne Norton (2013) | 101 |
| 5 Fazit | 104 |
| Literatur | 106 |
| 8Private and Political Exchange – Nozick’s Club vs. Buchanan’s Communitarian Contractarianism | 109 |
| 1 Introduction and overview | 109 |
| 2 Background | 110 |
| 3 Nozick’s exchange based politics | 114 |
| 4 The political creation of private exchange in CoC | 122 |
| 5 The ultimately political nature of private exchange | 127 |
| References | 130 |
| 9Menschenwürde, Menschenrechte und Demokratie | 132 |
| 1 Annahme | 132 |
| 2 Thesen | 133 |
| 3 Schlussfolgerungen | 144 |
| Literatur | 146 |
| 10 Legitime Expertokratie? Zur Stellung nicht-majoritärer Expertengremien in einem deliberativ-demokratischen System | 148 |
| 1 Einleitung | 148 |
| 2 Legitimation im deliberativen System | 149 |
| 3 Delegation, Unabhängigkeit und Verfahrensgerechtigkeit | 152 |
| 4 Demokratisches Institutionendesign | 157 |
| 5 Die Mainzer Bürgerkonferenz 2013 | 162 |
| 6 Fazit | 166 |
| Literatur | 167 |
| 11 Democratic Dirty Hands | 170 |
| 1 Introduction | 170 |
| 2 Duplicity and Democracy | 173 |
| 3 Duplicity and Politicians | 174 |
| 4 Democratic Dirty Hands | 175 |
| References | 179 |
| 12Politische Bildung braucht Politische Theorie | 181 |
| 1 Politische Bildung bedarf einer politiktheoretischen Legitimation | 181 |
| 2 Gesellschaftstheoretische Legitimation politischer Bildung in den 1970er Jahren | 183 |
| 3 Legitimation politischer Bildung in der nachkonzeptionellen Phase der Politikdidaktik | 184 |
| 4 Aktuelle Entwicklungen | 185 |
| 5 Warum werden welche Theorien wie rezipiert? | 187 |
| 6 Fazit | 189 |
| Literatur | 190 |
| 13Theories on Global Poverty – Normative Disclosure and Consistency | 193 |
| 1 Introduction | 193 |
| 2 Preliminaries | 194 |
| 3 Poverty Eradication Theories | 195 |
| 4 Normative Elements of a Poverty Eradication Theory | 197 |
| 5 Normative disclosure and consistency as methodological requirements | 203 |
| 6 Poverty Eradication, Human Rights, and Rights to Compensation | 207 |
| 7 Conclusion | 210 |
| References | 211 |
| 14Dirty Hands? No (Moral) Problem! | 214 |
| 1 What kind of problem is it? | 215 |
| 2 Dirty hands as a moral problem? | 215 |
| 3 Dirty hands-problems as a metaethical problem | 223 |
| 4 Dirty hands-problems as psychological problems | 224 |
| 5 Conclusion | 227 |
| References | 227 |
| 15Why making no difference makes no moral difference | 230 |
| 1 Introduction | 230 |
| 2 Clarifying the problem: collective action and the ‘no difference’ argument | 231 |
| 3 Alternative responses | 233 |
| 4 Why making no difference makes no moral difference | 236 |
| 5 Conclusion | 242 |
| References | 242 |
| 16Just Inequalities of Power? | 244 |
| 1 Introduction | 244 |
| 2 Impartiality and Mutual Advantage | 245 |
| 3 Just Inequalities? | 250 |
| 4 Giving up on Constructivism? | 252 |
| 5 Denying Virtue? | 253 |
| 6 Beyond the Virtues of Justice? | 254 |
| 7 Joint Action | 256 |
| References | 256 |
| III Positive Political Theory – Positive Politische Theorie | 259 |
| 17 Demokratie aus Gewohnheit? Ein Essay über die stabilisierende Wirkung des Nichtwissens | 260 |
| 1 Die Macht der Gewohnheit | 260 |
| 2 Von Akzeptanz zur Duldung | 262 |
| 3 Von Duldung zur Anpassung | 266 |
| 4 Von Anpassung zur Gewohnheit | 268 |
| Literatur | 271 |
| 18 Rational Choice and Asymmetric Learning in Iterated Social Interactions – Some Lessons from Agent-Based Modeling | 273 |
| 1 Introduction | 273 |
| 2 Two Agent-Based Simulations on Informational Side Effects | 274 |
| 3 How Social Epistemology can Help Towards a Better Understanding of Rationality for Actions and Beliefs | 284 |
| 4 Exploration-Exploitation-Trade-Off, Asymmetric Learning and Rationality | 285 |
| 5 Conclusion | 288 |
| Literature | 288 |
| 19Echte und unechte Wahlversprechen | 291 |
| 1 Einleitung | 291 |
| 2 Echte Wahlversprechen | 293 |
| 3 Unechte Wahlversprechen | 306 |
| 4 Folgen und Probleme einer Unterscheidung | 317 |
| 5 Fazit | 328 |
| Literatur | 329 |
| 20Ruth Zimmerling’s Globalization and Democracy, fifteen years on | 335 |
| 1 ‘Globalization and Democracy’ in 2003 | 336 |
| 2 Globalization and democracy in the last 15 years: the facts | 338 |
| 3 New trends in the study of globalization and democracy | 344 |
| 4 Conclusion | 347 |
| References | 347 |
| 21 Das Prinzipal-Agenten-Modell und EU-Konfliktbearbeitung – Strukturelle Erklärungen für Agenten-Autonomie | 355 |
| 1 Einleitung | 355 |
| 2 Das Prinzipal-Agenten-Modell | 358 |
| 3 Discretion im Feld der EU-Konfliktbearbeitung | 362 |
| 4 Implikationen für das Prinzipal-Agenten-Verhältnis | 372 |
| 5 Fazit | 373 |
| Literatur | 374 |
