Anatomie des Unstaats: Alfons Söllner und Michael Wildt bringen eine Neuausgabe von Franz Neumanns "Behemoth" heraus

Franz L. Neumann: Behemoth: Struktur und Praxis des Nationalsozialismus 1933-1944. Hamburg: Europäische Verlagsanstalt 2018. 978-3-86393-048-

Perspektiven Kritischer Demokratietheorie

The following article calls for Critical Tbeory of Democrcy to be geared towards theoretical aspects of institutions. This call does not only flow from critically analysing the deficits involved in the Critical Theory's tradition ofprimarily diagnosing cultures; rather, it is made in view ofthe Theory of Democracy's normative aspects and aspects relating to analysing power. Dilemmas as regards the theory of power, the argument runs, may be resolved by means of the Games Theory. The Theory of Democracy's normative dimension raises complex requirements tobe outlined here

Vom Verschwinden bedroht? Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte in der curricularen Reformfalle

'Der Artikel wertet den Status der Subdisziplin 'Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte' in den neuen Bachelor- und Masterprogrammen an bundesdeutschen Hochschulen aus. Das Ergebnis lautet, dass der Teilbereich in eine Bedrängnis geraten ist, die mit dem Qualifizierungsgrad des Studiums ansteigt. Im letzten Teil des Artikels werden Handlungsoptionen diskutiert, die der Subdisziplin wieder einen stärkeren Stellenwert zukommen lassen.' (Autorenreferat)'The article measures the status of the subfield 'Political Theory and History of Political Thought' in the curricula of current BA- and MA-programmes in German Political Science. The empirical data indicate that the subfield is under heavy pressure within the discipline. The last section of the article discusses strategies in order to strengthen the role of the subfield.' (author's abstract)

Lottocracy and deliberative accountability

The comment on Cristina Lafont’s book includes two main points. (1) Minipublics do not necessarily stand in opposition to political theories that justify electoral democracy and participatory conceptions of deliberative democracy. In contrast to such a view, I argue that minipublics should be combined with electoral and participatory forms of democracy. (2) A deliberative concept of accountability may overcome some of the shortcomings of the traditional, voluntaristic concepts of democratic accountability