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    Mixed methods longitudinal research
    (2023) Vogl, Susanne
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    How does the COVID-19 pandemic affect the personal lives and care realities of people with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder? : a qualitative interview study
    (2023) Kaltenboeck, Alexander; Portela Millinger, Filipe; Stadtmann, Sarah; Schmid, Christine; Amering, Michaela; Vogl, Susanne; Fellinger, Matthäus
    Background:The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes one of the greatest recent public crises. This study explored its influence on the lives and care realities of people with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD). Methods: Between October 2020 and April 2021, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 30 volunteers with SSDs receiving inpatient or outpatient treatment in Vienna (Austria). Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically. Results: Three main themes were identified. First, ‘Pandemic life is deprived, lonely and surreal - though certain aspects can be perceived as positive’. Second, ‘Bio-psycho-social support systems were struck at their core by the pandemic and were left severely compromised’. Last, ‘There is a complex interplay between one’s prior experience of psychosis and the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic’. The pandemic situation affected interviewees in various ways. For many, it led to a drastic reduction in day-to-day and social activities and contributed to an atmosphere of strangeness and threat. Bio-psycho-social support providers frequently suspended their services and offered alternatives were not always helpful. Participants indicated that whilst having an SSD might render them vulnerable to the pandemic situation, prior experience with psychotic crises can also provide knowledge, skills and self-confidence which enable better coping. Some interviewees also perceived aspects of the pandemic situation as helpful for recovering from psychosis. Conclusion: Healthcare providers must acknowledge the perspectives and needs of people with SSDs in present and future public health crises to ensure proper clinical support.
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    Die Rolle der Anthropologie für die Politische Theorie
    (2023) Hanzel, Michael
    Die Anthropologie und somit die Frage nach dem Wesen des Menschen ist seit der griechischen Antike eng mit dem politischen Denken verbunden. „Die Philosophen, welche die Grundlage der Gesellschaft untersuchen, haben alle die Notwendigkeit verspürt, bis auf den Naturzustand zurückzugreifen“ (Rousseau). Umso erstaunlicher ist es deshalb, dass ein systematischer Zusammenhang zwischen Anthropologie und politischer Theorie erstmals zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, von Carl Schmitt, formuliert wurde, der behauptete: „Man könnte alle Staatstheorie und politischen Ideen auf ihre Anthropologie prüfen und danach einteilen ob sie einen 'von Natur bösen' oder einen 'von Natur guten' Menschen voraussetzen. Entscheidend ist die Auffassung des Menschen als Voraussetzung jeder weiteren politischen Erwägung“ (Schmitt). Es ist diese steile, doch innovative These zum Verhältnis von Anthropologie und politischer Theorie, welche im Rahmen dieser Arbeit, am Beispiel vier politischer Großtheorien der Moderne, untersucht werden soll.
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    Emotional reactions to climate change : a comparison across France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom
    (2023) Böhm, Gisela; Pfister, Hans-Rüdiger; Doran, Rouven; Ogunbode, Charles A.; Poortinga, Wouter; Tvinnereim, Endre; Steentjes, Katharine; Mays, Claire; Bertoldo, Raquel; Sonnberger, Marco; Pidgeon, Nicholas
    We present a study of emotional reactions to climate change utilizing representative samples from France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom (UK). Drawing on appraisal theories of emotion, we examine relations between appraisals, emotions, and behavioral intentions in the context of climate change. We compare the four countries concerning emotional differences and commonalities and relate our findings to pertinent models of cultural values. Five distinct emotions were measured: worry, hope, fear, outrage, and guilt. In addition, the survey asked respondents to appraise a set of climate-related statements, such as the causality of climate change, or the efficacy of mitigation efforts. Also, a set of climate-relevant actions, such as willingness to reduce energy consumption or support for climate policies, was assessed. Findings show that appraisals of human causation and moral concern were associated with worry and outrage, and appraisals of efficacy and technological solutions were associated with hope. Worry and outrage are associated with intentions to reduce one’s energy consumption, whereas hope and guilt are related to support for policies such as tax and price increases. A country comparison shows that French respondents score high on outrage and worry and tend to engage in individual behaviors to mitigate climate change, whereas Norwegian respondents score high on hope and show a tendency to support policies of cost increase. Generally, worry is the most and guilt the least intense emotion. Moral concerns and perceived collective efficacy of one’s country in addressing climate change are relatively strong in France, while beliefs in human causation and in negative impacts of climate change prevail in Germany, and confidence in technological solutions are prevalent in Norway. In sum, findings reveal typical patterns of emotional responses in the four countries and confirm systematic associations between emotions and appraisals as well as between emotions and behaviors. Relating these findings to models of cultural values reveals that Norway, endorsing secular and egalitarian values, is characterized by hope and confidence in technological solutions, whereas France and Germany, emphasizing relatively more hierarchical and traditional values, are rather characterized by fear, outrage, and support for behavioral restrictions imposed by climate change policies.
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    Reflecting on the boundaries of the demos : a virtual deliberative experiment with German citizens
    (2023) Maier, Franziska; Bächtiger, André
    This article combines the fields of deliberative theory and citizenship studies. Drawing from a deliberative experiment on foreigner political rights with almost 300 German citizens, we find that a short virtual deliberative treatment produced a clarification effect, whereby especially those with already negative views increased their scepticism. Participants in our deliberative treatment displayed higher levels of argument repertoire and integrative complexity, underlining that the treatment led to well‐considered opinions. A qualitative analysis of participants’ substantive rationales unravels traces of what De Schutter and Ypi dub ‘mandatory citizenship’, implying that political rights must be attached to obligations. These results have wide ranging implications: They indicate that the practice of deliberation is not quasi‐automatically programmed to progressive outcomes (as some have argued) but can have a communitarian dimension (where preferences are determined on the basis of existing communal values and self‐understandings); this suggests that participatory practices may not always advance progressive reforms.
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    Demokratiezufriedenheit und Institutionenvertrauen in Baden-Württemberg
    (2023) Vetter, Angelika; Brettschneider, Frank
    In Baden-Württemberg sind vor allem jene Menschen mit dem Funktionieren der Demokratie zufrieden, die die Wirtschaftslage positiv einschätzen, die das Gefühl haben, dass sich Politik responsiv verhält, und die einer Regierungspartei zuneigen. Sie vertrauen auch politischen Institutionen eher. Ferner stärkt dialogische Bürgerbeteiligung sowohl die Demokratiezufriedenheit als auch das Institutionenvertrauen von Menschen. Allerdings nicht immer. Vor allem die Zufriedenheit mit dem Beteiligungsverfahren ist wichtig. Erst danach spielt die Zufriedenheit mit dem Ergebnis der Beteiligung eine Rolle. Auch bei Menschen, die nicht einer der Regierungsparteien zuneigen, stärkt dialogische Beteiligung die Demokratiezufriedenheit und das Vertrauen. Allerdings: Bewerten Teilnehmende an Bürgerbeteiligung sowohl das Verfahren als auch das Ergebnis negativ, dann sind ihre Demokratiezufriedenheit und ihr Institutionenvertrauen sogar geringer als bei jenen, die nicht an Bürgerbeteiligung teilgenommen haben. Diesen Analysen liegen repräsentative Umfragen aus den Jahren 2021 und 2022 in Baden-Württemberg zugrunde.
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    Editorial - contemporary threats, surveillance, and the balancing of security and liberty
    (2023) Trüdinger, Eva-Maria; Ziller, Conrad; Noll, Jolanda van der
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    How deliberation happens : enabling deliberative reason
    (2023) Niemeyer, Simon; Veri, Francesco; Dryzek, John S.; Bächtiger, André
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    Setting limits to tolerance : an experimental investigation of individual reactions to extremism and violence
    (2023) Trüdinger, Eva-Maria; Ziller, Conrad
    Tolerating others' opinions, even if disliked, is a cornerstone of liberal democracy. At the same time, there are limits to political tolerance as tolerating extremists and groups who use violence would threaten the foundations of tolerance itself. We study people's willingness to set limits to tolerance in case of violence and extremism (scope of tolerance) - under different conditions regarding ideological groups (left-wing, right-wing, religious) and offline/online contexts of free speech. Using data from a large-scale survey experiment conducted in Germany, we show that citizens clearly set limits to tolerance of different groups, especially if the latter have violent intentions, and that people tend to be more tolerant online than offline. Moreover, we find that citizens are more tolerant toward groups that are closer to their own ideological stance. However, violence disrupts such an ideological bias as respondents across the ideological spectrum exhibit low levels of tolerance toward violent groups - irrespectively of their political stance. Our findings highlight the importance of situational factors as foundations of judgments on the limits to tolerance.