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An Instrumentalist Theory of Political Legitimacy
We are all subjected to the power of the state and other entities such as the EU. But what justifies the far-reaching power of these institutions? Standard theories suggest that consent, democracy, or justification make exercising power legitimate. This book, however, argues that these approaches do not survive philosophical scrutiny. Instead, it develops a radical theory of political legitimacy according to which power is justified because of the outcomes it brings about. It does not primarily matter, then, how power is exercised; instead, we should focus on what it achieves. This is the first book-length treatment of instrumentalism. It outlines the structure and core moral commitments of ...
Islamic Finance and Sustainable Development
The proliferation of energy, agricultural, water and food insecurity can be attributed to a multitude of factors, including advancements in technology that have facilitated the technical and economic utilization of energy and water resources, environmental degradation, climate anomalies, mounting pressure on water resources due to escalating demand, and surging energy requirements. These challenges have been addressed from multiple perspectives, ranging from Islamic social finance to large scale project finance. Large corporations are also involved in tackling the environmental impact of climate change or operating in water stressed regions. This book argues, however, that there is little va...
Einwanderung und Einbürgerung aus demokratietheoretischer Perspektive
Demokratische Territorialstaaten besitzen die Souveränität, über die Verteilung ihrer Mitgliedschaftsrechte unilateral zu entscheiden. Damit werden jedoch nicht nur ihre Mitglieder, sondern auch alle Nicht-Mitglieder durch demokratisch verabschiedete Mitgliedschaftsnormen adressiert. Diese Untersuchung erörtert, ob unilaterale Einwanderungsbeschränkungen ein Demokratiedefizit darstellen und argumentiert dafür, dass dies zutrifft, sofern demokratische Territorialstaaten entweder faktische Mitglieder mit sozialen oder ortsabhängigen Bindungen zu dem politischen Kollektiv oder geographischen Territorium exkludieren oder aber eine egalitaristische Verteilungsstruktur territorialer Rechte verletzen. Hierdurch versucht diese Arbeit, einen Beitrag zu leisten, demokratietheoretische und territorialrechtliche Ansätze miteinander zu verknüpfen und nicht nur die politischen, sondern auch territorialrechtlichen Externalitäten staatlicher Ausschlussrechte in einer globalisierten Welt zu reflektieren.
A Measured Approach to Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity
"This Policy Research Report was prepared by the Development Economics Research Group of the World Bank by a team led by Dean Jolliffe and Peter Lanjouw"--Page xiii.
On Legitimacy in Global Governance
Global governance has a major impact on the lives of people around the world. However, traditional theories of legitimacy were usually developed for states and are not suitable for the diversity of global governance institutions that exist today. This book first develops a normative concept of legitimacy that is applicable to all political institutions. According to this concept, to regard an institution as legitimate means ascribing it the right to exercise its function in political practice. Secondly, the book discusses how the use of this concept opens up new perspectives in the debate on legitimacy criteria for global governance institutions. In this context, the book analyses the relati...
Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Software Engineering
This four-volume set LNCS 13701-13704 constitutes contributions of the associated events held at the 11th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, ISoLA 2022, which took place in Rhodes, Greece, in October/November 2022. The contributions in the four-volume set are organized according to the following topical sections: specify this - bridging gaps between program specification paradigms; x-by-construction meets runtime verification; verification and validation of concurrent and distributed heterogeneous systems; programming - what is next: the role of documentation; automated software re-engineering; DIME day; rigorous engineering of collective adaptive systems; formal methods meet machine learning; digital twin engineering; digital thread in smart manufacturing; formal methods for distributed computing in future railway systems; industrial day.
Legitimacy Beyond the State
This volume addresses the normative legitimacy of the international order, asking how we can make sense of legitimacy claims of increasingly diverse global governance institutions and practices and how their legitimacy relates to and differs from state legitimacy. State legitimacy is a central concern of modern political thought but is inadequate when applied to institutions that differ from the state in type, level of governance, scope, and much else. We need a new, tailored approach to the legitimacy of institutions beyond the state, especially international and transnational institutions. Such an approach includes foundational questions: what does it mean for institutions to be legitimate...
What is Social Finance?
The market for social financial instruments is rapidly growing. The issuance of social bonds, for instance, reached $149.4 billion in 2020, showing an extraordinary growth of 720% compared to 2019 (ADB, 2021, p. 14). By providing capital for certain types of investments associated with positive social impacts, these instruments are intended to close funding gaps that hamper the realisation of social goals, as laid down, for instance, in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In addition, social finance might set incentives for enterprises to engage in more sustainable business models that would give them access to social financial instruments potentially associated with a lower cost of capital. However, the magnitude of the potential contribution to society of social finance is a matter of debate. This paper focuses on an important challenge for social finance that concerns the plurality of existing definitions of social investments. The paper provides an overview of the definitions followed by market participants, describes the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities as a potential standard in this context, and discusses implications for development policy.
