Peter Mayer

Regime theory and international relations

Part 1 Research on international regimes: research on international regimes in Germany - the adaptive internalization of an American social science concept the analysis of international regimes - towards a European-American research programme. Part 2 Conceptual and theoretical problems of regime analysis: international society and the study of regimes - a reflective approach contract and regimes - do issue-specificity and variations of formality matter? crossing the boundary between public and private - international regimes and non-state actors progress in game-theoretical analysis of international regimes. Part 3 Regime formation and change: sovereignty, regimes and human rights epistemic communities and the dynamics of international environmental co-operation cognitive factors in explaining regime dynamics testing theories of regime formation - findings from a large collaborative research project integrating and contextualizing hypotheses - alternative paths to better explanations of regime formation? bringing the second image (back) in - about the domestic sources of regime formation. Part 4 Regime consequences: constructing historical counterfactuals to assess the consequences of international regimes - the global debt regime and the course of the debt crisis of the 1980s analyzing regime consequences - conceptual outlines and environmental explorations the internalization of principles, norms and rules by governments - the case of security regimes. Part 5 Conclusion: regime theory - state-of-the-art and perspectives.

Interests, Power, Knowledge: The Study of International Regimes'

How and why are international regimes formed? Which factors help determine their continuation once formed? This essay reviews the literature in political science and, specifically, in international relations on regime formation and stability. It identifies and discusses three schools of thought, each of which emphasizes a different variable to account for international regimes: interest-based neoliberalism, power-based realism, and knowledge-based cognitivism. The contributions of these schools to our understanding of regimes are compared and contrasted with the intention of examining how they might elaborate and complement, rather than compete, with one another.

Transforming the golden-age nation state

The Golden-Age Nation State and its Transformation: A Framework for Analysis A.Hurrelmann, S.Leibfried, K.Martens & P.Mayer Europe, the Nation State and Taxation S.Uhl Internationalization of Intervention? UN and EU Security Politics and the Modern State S.Mayer & S.Weinlich From Diffusion to Interplay: Rethinking the Constitutional State in the Age of Global Legal Pluralism M.Herberg Transformations of Commercial Law: New Forms of Legal Certainty for Globalized Exchange Processes? G.Calliess, T.Dietz, W.Konradi, H.Nieswandt & F.Sosa Breaking the Nation State Shell: Prospects for Democratic Legitimacy in the International Domain J.Steffek Governing the Internet: The Quest for Legitimacy and Effective Rules: R.Bendrath, J.Hofmann, V.Leib, P.Mayer & M.Zurn The Internationalization of Education Policy: Towards Convergence of National Paths? K.Martens & A.Weymann The Role of the Nation State in the Internationalization of Accounting Regimes J.Zimmermann The Transformation of the Golden-Age Nation State: Findings and Perspectives A.Hurrelmann, S.Leibfried, K.Martens & P.Mayer

The Golden-Age Nation State and its Transformation: A Framework for Analysis

The citizens of the Western world are accustomed to looking to the state as the most important source of political authority. The state is both loved and feared; it is the institution to which demands are addressed and which is blamed if something goes wrong. It exercises enormous powers, but is also charged with considerable responsibilities — guaranteeing the physical security of its citizens, providing them with the institutional means to protect their rights and to make their interests count in the political process, and even taking care of their social welfare.

The Transformation of the Golden-Age Nation State: Findings and Perspectives

It can hardly be denied that the state remains a political institution of utmost importance. Throughout the Western world, states collect taxes and deploy large parts of the national income, operate armies and fight wars, regulate markets and organize the legal infrastructure for economic exchange; they provide education and social services, hold democratic elections and constitute forums for citizen engagement. Nevertheless, in recent decades, both external and internal pressures have put state structures under strain. Economic, political and cultural globalization has undermined the boundaries between national spheres of authority; new public and private actors have appeared in domestic and international politics that challenge the autonomy of state institutions; new political problems such as global terrorism, climate change, and societal aging constitute risks to which most states have yet to find a response.