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
    • Bröchler Stephan, Lauth Hans-Joachim
    Die Lokalisierung von Schneisen im Dickicht – Konzeptionelle Grundlegungen und empirische Befunde informaler Governance
    in Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft , Volume 8, Issue 1 Supplement, September 2014 ,  2014 ,  1-33
    Abstract The article introduces the concepts and research strategies related to the topic of the special issue. In the conceptional part of the article the authors elaborate the underlying notion of governance. They then introduce the concept of ‘informal governance’ and relate it to research on formal and informal political institutions—with a particular focus on governing processes—from the perspective of system theory and action theory. The authors argue that formal and informal governing processes take place in an interactive process which (re)shapes the functional scope and scope of action of the institution of government. In the second, empirical part the authors describe important empirical results of the contributions to the special issue. In their tentative comparative evaluation of the articles, they point out the diversity and relevance of informal governance in the following fields: (1) insights regarding the characteristics and extents of particular informal practices and rules in political decision-making processes; (2) indications of an adaptation of these practices and rules observed in international comparison or evidence of the development of specific different patterns; (3) evaluation of the compatibility of these practices and rules of informal governance with basic democratic principles; (4) assessment and strategic implementation of informal governance by political actors; (5) insights regarding the relevance of an increasing promulgation of politics by the media for informal governance. In conclusion, the authors emphasize that reciprocity appears to be the common principle of informal governance despite the extensive diversity of the research results. This finding indicates the key role of experience-based trust in order for informal practices and institutions to develop and function.
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