TY - RPRT A1 - Jonjic, Andrea A1 - Kazeka, Papy Manzanza A1 - Metten, Daniel A1 - Tietgen, Flora T1 - Die Transnationale Zivilgesellschaft – Hoffnungsträger in der Global Governance? T1 - Transnational Civil Society - a bearer of hope in global governance? N2 - Angesichts weltweiter Krisen und Konflikte ist eine stärkere Einbindung der Transnationalen Zivilgesellschaft notwendiger denn je. Ihr Engagement für mehr Demokratie, Transparenz und Gerechtigkeit brachte ihr den Status eines Hoffnungsträgers in der Global Governance ein – vor allem in den 1990er Jahren, als der Fokus zunehmend auf nichtstaatliche Akteure gerichtet wurde. Mit den globalen Herausforderungen der Jahrtausendwende rückten jedoch Nationalstaaten wieder in den Mittelpunkt, und es stellt sich die Frage, inwiefern die Akteure der Transnationalen Zivilgesellschaft angesichts dieser veränderten Konstellationen noch als Hoffnungsträger bei der Bewältigung weltweiter Krisen gelten können. Dieser Beitrag argumentiert, dass trotz wesentlicher Schwachstellen wie des Legitimitätsdefizits, der vielschichtigen Abhängigkeiten und der Ungleichheit im Nord-Süd-Gefälle die Transnationale Zivilgesellschaft eine essentielle Rolle in der Global Governance wahrnimmt. Sie führt zu mehr Effizienz in Governance-Strukturen, fördert demokratische Prozesse, schafft mehr Transparenz in internationalen Verhandlungen und leistet somit einen Beitrag zu einer gerechteren Welt – ein Hoffnungsträger also im globalen Mächtekonzert. N2 - In the light of worldwide crises and conflicts, stronger involvement of transnational civil society is more necessary than ever before. Its engagement for more democracy, transparency and equity has awarded the transnational civil society to the status of a bearer of hope within global governance – especially in the 1990s when non-governmental actors got into the focus of research. Facing the global challenges at the turn of the millennium, the nation state came back to center stage and the question has to be raised whether the actors of transnational civil society still are a bearer of hope to cope with the global crises. This article argues that in spite of significant deficiencies like the lack of legitimacy, complex dependencies and the disparity within the north-south divide, transnational civil society still is playing an essential role within global governance. It leads to more efficiency in governance structures, promotes democratic processes, creates more transparency in international negotiations and contributes to a fairer world – transnational civil society thus still is a bearer of hope in the global concert of power. T3 - Würzburger Arbeitspapiere zur Politikwissenschaft und Soziologie (WAPS) - 8 KW - Bürgerliche Gesellschaft KW - Globalisierung KW - Global Governance KW - Nichtstaatliche Organisation KW - Soziale Bewegung KW - Legitimitätsdefizit KW - PEGIDA KW - Hoffnungsträger KW - Vereinte Nationen KW - Nord-Süd-Gefälle Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-130762 N1 - Masterforschungsprojekt im Bereich Internationale Beziehungen unter Betreuung von Prof. Dr. Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet ER - TY - THES A1 - Hauser, Anna Si-Lu T1 - A comparative approach to local organisation of the energy transition N2 - In recent years, numerous renewable energy cities were established worldwide, piloting different pathways to transition to clean energy. With the ability to address local needs more precisely in their unique geographic, social and economic contexts, cities play a vital role in implementing overall climate mitigation goals on the local level. In China, many renewable energy cities have emerged as well. However, official documents suggest that Chinese government authorities establish such renewable energy cities strategically, which leads to the assumption that the impulse to become renewable is different from other countries, where bottom-up initiatives are more common. Hence, this thesis explores answer to the question why and how the Chinese government promotes the energy transition of Chinese cities and regions. To explore the dynamics of local energy transition projects, this thesis adopts two frameworks from the field of sustainability transitions, the multi-level perspective and strategic niche management, and applies them to seven European and two Chinese case studies. The European sample includes the cities Graz, Güssing, Freiburg, and Helsinki as well as the communities Feldheim, Jühnde and Murau. The Chinese sample consists of the bottom-up initiative Shaanxi Sunflower Project and the demonstration project Tongli New Energy Town. A comparative analysis evaluates in how far the cases correspond to the multi-level perspective or strategic niche management. The comparison of the case studies reveals that the development of renewable energy cities in China goes beyond a top-down vs. bottom-up logic. In the Chinese context, strategic niche management should be understood as experimentation under hierarchy, which serves at pretesting different approaches before rolling them out nationwide. In addition, the analysis shows that both the multi-level perspective and strategic niche management have their advantages and disadvantages for niche development. Niches following the logic of the multi-level perspective may result in higher stakeholder acceptance, whereas strategic niche management can in turn accelerate niche development. However, since natural niche development cannot be steered intentionally, decision-makers who intend to induce local renewable energy projects have no other option but to resort to strategic niche management. To increase stakeholder acceptance and thus to improve the project outcome, decision-makers are advised to accommodate sufficient room for stakeholder participation in the project design. KW - China KW - multi-level perspective KW - strategic niche management KW - energy transition KW - top down KW - bottom up Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-202109 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alpermann, Björn A1 - Malzer, Michael T1 - “In Other News”: China’s International Media Strategy on Xinjiang — CGTN and New China TV on YouTube JF - Modern China N2 - In the Western world China stands accused of severe human rights violations regarding its treatment of the Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in its northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This is the first article to systematically analyze the response of China’s international state media to these allegations. By studying the YouTube channels of two leading Chinese state media, China Global Television Network (CGTN) and New China TV (operated by Xinhua News Agency), it presents an indepth understanding of how China’s foreign-facing propaganda works in a crucial case. The quantitative content analysis highlights how China reacted to increasing international (mostly United States) pressure regarding its Xinjiang policies by producing higher volumes of videos and putting out new counternarratives. The qualitative analysis that follows provides in-depth treatment of the most important discourses that Chinese media engage in to salvage the nation’s international image, namely those on development, culture, nature, and terrorism. It finds several ways of countering criticism, ranging from presenting a positive image of China, in line with traditional propaganda guidelines and President Xi Jinping’s assignment to state media to “tell the China story well,” to more innovative approaches. Thus the development narrative becomes more personalized, the discourse on culture supports the “heritagization process” to incorporate minority cultures into a harmonized “Chinese civilization,” representations of nature firmly tie Xinjiang into the discourse of “beautiful China,” the “terror narrative” strategically employs shocking footage in an attempt to gain international “discourse power,” etc. The article provides an up-to-date picture of China’s state media strategy on a highly contentious international issue. KW - Xinjiang KW - YouTube KW - discourse analysis KW - Chinese state media Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-314173 UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/00977004231169008 SN - 1552-6836 ET - Online first ER -