Bullettin n. 1/2011
June 2011
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
    • Rother Stefan
    'Inseln der Überzeugung' nicht in Sicht: Der Nationalstaat, NGOs und die globale Governance von Migration
    in Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft , 20. Jahrgang (2010), Heft 3-4 ,  2010
    'Islands of persuasion' not in sight: The nation-state, NGOs and the global governance of migration While labour migration can be regarded as a major phenomenon of globalization, there is very little evidence that points towards the existence of genuine global governance in this field. Nation-states consider migration control as one of the last strongholds of their sovereignty. Civil society organizations may try to act as norm entrepreneurs and call for a rights-based approach instead of merely attempting to “manage migration”. But their strategies of blaming and shaming which aim at influencing the behavior of states have been countered by the framing of migration as a security risk. Building on the literature dealing with communicative action, persuasion in international negotiations and Deitelhoff’s concept of “islands of persuasion”, this article analyzes global processes dealing with migration, especially the recently established “Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)”. It is argued that this ongoing process does have potential but is far from providing the “missing migration regime”.
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