TY - RPRT A1 - Neubert, Dieter T1 - The Hidden Side of Local Self-Organisation and Self-Regulation. Elements for the Comparative Analysis of the Constitution of Self-Organised Groups T1 - Die verborgene Seite von Selbstorganisation und Selbst-regulierung. Elemente für die vergleichende Analyse der Konstituierung von selbstorganisierten Gruppen N2 - The notions self-organisation and self-regulation are at least implicitly loaded with a positive democratic connotation. The main corresponding debates on social movements, governance and civil society mostly refer to the Global North with a well-functioning state and democratic political systems. One consequence is that the less democratic and less liberal hidden side of self-organisation, seen by some critics, does not gain much attention. After a short discussion of the main theoretical approaches, the paper presents a selection of self-organised groups depicting their different values, norms, and structural features. These examples reach from democratic groups marked by solidarity to racist violent groups that are a threat to differently minded people. The analysis of these examples leads to a set of criteria for the comparative analysis of the internal structure of self-organised groups including potential membership, in- and outward orientation, underlying basic principles of social order and types of trust with related types of decision-making. These basic elements help to understand the constitution and functioning of self-organisation, which are open to a wide range of value orientation. N2 - Die Begriffe Selbstorganisation und Selbstregulierung sind zumindest implizit positiv konnotiert. Die entsprechenden Debatten zu sozialen Bewegungen, Governance und Zivilgesellschaft beziehen sich zumeist auf den Globalen Norden mit einem gut funktionierenden Staat und demokratischen politischen Systemen. Eine Folge davon ist, dass die weniger demokratische und weniger liberale verborgene Seite von Selbstor-ganisation, die durchaus von einigen kritischen Stimmen gesehen wird, auf recht wenig Interesse stößt. Nach einer kurzen Diskussion wichtiger theoretischer Ansätze, präsentiert der Beitrag eine Auswahl selbstorganisierter Gruppen und stellt ihre Werte, Normen und struktu-rellen Eigenheiten dar. Diese Beispiele reichen von demokratischen von Solidarität geprägten Gruppen bis hin zu gewalttätigen Gruppen, die eine Bedrohung für Andersdenkende sind. Die Analyse dieser Beispiele führt zu Kriterien für die vergleichende Analyse der internen Strukturen von selbstorganisierten Gruppen einschließlich ihrer potenziellen Mitgliedschaft, Innen- und Außenorientierung, grundlegenden Prinzipien der sozialen Ordnung und Typen von Vertrauen und damit verbundenen Typen der Entscheidungsfindung. Die grundlegenden Elemente helfen die Konstitution und Funktionsweise von Selbstorganisation zu verstehen, die ein breites Spektrum von Werteorientierungen umfassen können. T3 - LoSAM Working Papers - 6 KW - Selbstorganisation KW - Konstituierung KW - Regulierung KW - self-organized groups KW - hidden side KW - constitution KW - self-regulation KW - local self-governance Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-251493 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fischer, Matthias A1 - Heinrichs, Harald T1 - Dimensions, dialectic, discourse. Three political perspectives on the sustainability of the German healthcare system JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health N2 - This review article deals with the topic of sustainability in the German healthcare system and presents an overview of how the six articles of our research relate to one another. After introducing to the context of the research, its internal principles, and the methods applied, three perspectives are presented, each also discussed in terms of the respective literature in sustainability science and political science. The review concludes by presenting a circular model and by discussing the general limitations as well as the practical implications of our research. KW - sustainability KW - German healthcare system KW - policy KW - politics KW - polity Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-177003 VL - 15 IS - 7 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lauth, Hans-Joachim A1 - Schlenkrich, Oliver T1 - Making Trade-Offs Visible: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations about the Relationship between Dimensions and Institutions of Democracy and Empirical Findings JF - Politics and Governance N2 - Whereas the measurement of the quality of democracy focused on the rough differentiation of democracies and autocracies in the beginning (e.g. Vanhanen, Polity, Freedom House), the focal point of newer instruments is the assessment of the quality of established democracies. In this context, tensions resp. trade-offs between dimensions of democracy are discussed as well (e.g. Democracy Barometer, Varieties of Democracy). However, these approaches lack a systematic discussion of trade-offs and they are not able to show trade-offs empirically. We address this research desideratum in a three-step process: Firstly, we propose a new conceptual approach, which distinguishes between two different modes of relationships between dimensions: mutual reinforcing effects and a give-and-take relationship (trade-offs) between dimensions. By introducing our measurement tool, Democracy Matrix, we finally locate mutually reinforcing effects as well as trade-offs. Secondly, we provide a new methodological approach to measure trade-offs. While one measuring strategy captures the mutual reinforcing effects, the other strategy employs indicators, which serve to gauge trade-offs. Thirdly, we demonstrate empirical findings of our measurement drawing on the Varieties of Democracy dataset. Incorporating trade-offs into the measurement enables us to identify various profiles of democracy (libertarian, egalitarian and control-focused democracy) via the quality of its dimensions. KW - control-focused democracy KW - democracy KW - egalitarian democracy KW - libertarian democracy KW - Varieties of Democracy KW - Democracy Matrix KW - measurement of democracy KW - profile of democracy KW - quality of democracy KW - trade-off Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-159588 VL - 6 IS - 1 ER -