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Defining influence campaigns -- Examples of influence campaigns -- The doctrinal dimension -- The human dimension -- The role of cyber in influence campaigns -- A detailed look at a limited influence campaign -- Elections as a special case -- Economic aspects of a campaign -- A failed response against campaigns.

Intro -- Danksagung -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Abkürzungsverzeichnis -- A. Einleitung -- B. Begriff und Kontrolle der Subsidiarität in der Europäischen Union -- I. Der Subsidiaritätsbegriff -- II. Subsidiaritätskontrolle nach Lissabon -- 1. Informationsrechte der nationalen Parlamente -- 2. Ex-Ante Subsidiaritätskontrolle -- 3. Ex-post Subsidiaritätskontrolle -- 4. Bilanz der ersten Jahre -- a. Monti II -- b. EPPO -- c. Richtlinie 96/71/EG -- d. Versagen des Frühwarnsystems -- 5. Bewertung -- 6. Reformvorschläge -- a. Koordination und Kooperation -- b. Grüne Karte -- c. Das Verfahren nach Art. 7 Abs. 2 SP -- d. Das Verfahren nach Art. 7 Abs. 3 SP -- e. Begründungs- und Gesetzgebungsgrundlagenrügen -- f. Ausgestaltung der Subsidiaritätskontrolle als Minderheitenrecht -- g. Late Card -- 7. Zusammenfassung -- III. Subsidiarität: Die falsche Idee, am falschen Ort, zur falschen Zeit -- 1. Verhältnismäßigkeit anstelle von Subsidiarität -- 2. Verhältnismäßigkeit und Subsidiarität: Zwei Seiten einer Medaille -- 3. Zusammenfassung -- C. Vergleich der Subsidiaritätskontrolle des EuGH und des BVerfG -- I. Rechtsprechung des EuGH -- 1. Biopatent-Richtlinie, EuGH, Rs. C-377/98 -- 2. British American Tobacco, EuGH, Rs. C-491/01 -- 3. Vodafone, EuGH, Rs. C-58/08 -- 4. Bewertung -- II. Rechtsprechung des BVerfG -- 1. Rechtsprechung zu Art. 72 Abs. 2 GG a.F. -- 2. Rechtsprechung zu Art. 72 Abs. 2 GG n.F. -- 3. Bewertung -- III. Zusammenfassung -- D. Rückverlagerung von Kompetenzen undIntergouvernementalismus als Antwort auf daseuropäische Legitimationsdefizit - ein Ausblick -- I. Legitimation und Finalität und Grenzen der europäischen Integration -- II. Identität und demokratische Legitimation -- 1. Rückverlagerung von Kompetenzen -- 2. Mehr Intergouvernementalismus wagen -- III. Zusammenfassung -- E. Conclusio -- Literaturverzeichnis.

"China's information war against the U.S. is technically clever, broadly applied and successful. The U.S. intelligence community has publicly stated this is a kind of war we do not know how to fight--yet the U.S. military developed and expanded the doctrine of information war. China's political systems are more easily adapted to this form of warfare"--

"In contemporary Indian Country, many of the people who identify as "American Indian" fall into the "urban Indian" category: away from traditional lands and communities, in cities and towns wherein the opportunities to live one's identity as Native can be restricted, and even more so for American Indian religious practice and activity. Ancestral Ways, Modern Selves: Tradition, Performance, and Religion in Native America explores a possible theoretical model for discussing the religious nature of urbanized Indians. It uses aspects of contemporary pantribal practices such as the inter-tribal pow wow, substance abuse recovery programs such as the Wellbriety Movement, and political involvement to provide insights into contemporary Native religious identity. Simply put, this book addresses the question what does it mean to be an Indigenous American in the 21st century, and how does one express that indigeneity religiously? It proposes that practices and ideologies appropriate to the pan-Indian context provide much of the foundation for maintaining a sense of aboriginal spiritual identity within modernity. Individuals and families who identify themselves as Native American can participate in activities associated with a broad network of other Native people, in effect performing their Indian identity and enacting the values that are connected to that identity. "--

More members of Congress have been investigated and sanctioned for ethical misconduct in the past decade and a half than in the entire previous history of the institution. But individual members are probably less corrupt than they once were. Stricter ethics codes and closer scrutiny by the press and public have imposed standards no previous representatives have had to face. Dennis Thompson shows how the institution itself is posing new ethical challenges, how the complexity of the environment in which members work creates new occasions for corruption and invites more calls for accountability. Instead of the individual corruption that has long been the center of attention, Thompson focuses on institutional corruption which refers to conduct that under certain conditions is an acceptable part of the job of a representative. Members are required to solicit campaign contributions, and they are expected to help constituents with their problems with government, but some ways of doing these jobs give rise to institutional corruption. The author moves the discussion beyond bribery, extortion, and simple personal gain to delve into implicit understandings, ambiguous favors, and political advantage. Thompson examines many major ethics cases of recent years. Among them: the case of David Durenberger, accused of supplementing his income through book promotions; the case of the Keating Five, accused of using undue influence with the Federal Home Loan Bank Board on behalf of Lincoln Savings and Loan owner Charles Keating; and the case of House Speaker James Wright, accused of several offenses. Thompson shows why neither the electoral process nor the judicial process is sufficient and argues for stronger ethics committees and the creation of a new quasi-independent body to take over some of the enforcement process. He offers more than a dozen recommendations

Eines der Ziele des Vertrags von Lissabon war es, die nationalen Parlamente der Mitgliedstaaten stärker in den Legislativprozess der Europäischen Union einzubinden, um die demokratische Legitimation europäischer Legislativakte nachhaltig zu fördern. Ein besonderes Augenmerk lag dabei auf den neuen Instrumenten, die den nationalen Parlamenten zur Kontrolle und Wahrung des Subsidiaritätsprinzips zur Verfügung gestellt wurden.Dennis F. Hanstein beleuchtet anhand eines Vergleichs der Rechtsprechung des EuGH mit der des BVerfG umfassend die bisherige Bilanz der Subsidiaritätskontrolle seit Einführung des neuen Subsidiaritätsprotokolls und die Mängel ihrer Wirkungsprinzipien. Er stellt außerdem mögliche Reformen dar, die der Subsidiaritätskontrolle zu mehr Durchschlagskraft verhelfen würden. Der Autor setzt sich dabei mit der Frage auseinander, ob das Subsidiaritätsprinzip überhaupt geeignet ist, die angestrebten Ziele zu erreichen oder ob nicht vielmehr das Verhältnismäßigkeitsprinzip hierfür geeignet ist.

Normative theorists of corruption have developed an institutional conception that is distinct from both the individualist approaches focused on quid pro quo exchanges and other institutional approaches found in the literature on developing societies. These theorists emphasize the close connection between patterns of corruption and the legitimate functions of institutions. The corruption benefits the institution while undermining it. Reforms therefore should be directed toward finding alternatives for the functions the corruption serves. Also, institutional corruption does not require that its perpetrators have corrupt motives, and it is not limited to political institutions. This review examines four leading theories and discusses criticisms of their approach. A tripartite framework for analyzing the elements of institutional corruption is proposed. Although the theories are useful for distinguishing institutional corruption from the more familiar forms of individual corruption, they could be enriched by giving greater attention to the work on individual corruption in its structural forms in developing societies.