Bulletin n. 1-2/2014
November 2014
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Carrapatoso Astrid
    Zivilgesellschaft als Legitimationsquelle in der asiatisch-europäischen Umwelt- und Klimakooperation
    in Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft , Heft 4, 2013 ,  2013
    The role of civil society in Asia-Europe environmental and climate cooperation – a source of legitimacy or irritation? Since the foundation of ASEM in 1996, civil society participation has been heavily discussed among both member states and civil society actors themselves, thereby also touching the question of legitimacy in interregional relations. Cultural differences between European and Asian states led to the creation of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) as the socio-cultural pillar of the ASEM process. Civil society participation was finally decoupled from the official political dialogue by integrating civil society into ASEF activities. The question remains to what extent this participation contributes to the legitimacy of the ASEM process. On the one hand, the activities of the Asia-Europe Environment Forum (ENVforum), for example, which involves civil society actors, has already impacted on ASEM summits und generally promotes knowledge and information transfer. On the other hand, the participating civil society actors are rather apolitical and applying criteria for assessing legitimacy shows very mixed results.
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