Selected Academic Publications

(a complete list is available on request)

1. Books

[7] Simulative Demokratie. Neue Politik nach der postdemokratischen Wende, Frankfurt: Suhrkamp (forthcoming)

[6] In Search of Legitimacy. Policy Making in Europe and the Challenge of Societal Complexity (ed.), Opladen/Farmington Hills, MI: Barbara Budrich, 2009

[5] The Politics of Unsustainability. Eco-Politics in the Post-Environmental Era (ed. with Ian Welsh), London/New York: Routledge, 2008

[4] Economic Efficiency – Democratic Empowerment. Contested Modernisation in Britain and Germany (ed. with Uwe Jun), Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield/Lexington, 2007

[3] Post-Ecologist Politics. Social Theory and the Abdication of the Ecologist Paradigm, London/New York: Routledge, 2000

[2] The Abolition of Nature. Nature and Ecology in German Social Theory, Doctoral Thesis, University of Keele, 1998

[1] The Green Agenda. Environmental Politics and Policy in Germany, (ed. with Frank Krause und Tom Scharf), Keele University Press, 1995

2. Articles in refereed academic journals

[21] 'The Politics of Unsustainability: COP15, Post-Ecologism and the Ecological Paradox', in: Organization & Environment 24(1), March 2011, pp. 34-53

[20] 'Zur Zukunftsfähigkeit der Demokratie: Nachdenken über die Grenzen des demokratischen Optimismus', in: Wissenschaft und Umwelt Interdisziplinär 14/2011, pp. 19-28

[19] 'Nachhaltigkeit und postdemokratische Wende. Zum Wechselspiel von Demokratiekrise und Umweltkrise', in: Vorgänge 190 (2/2010), pp. 44-54

[18] 'Option Grün: Bündis 90/Die Grünen at the Dawn of New Opportunities?', in: German Politics & Society, 27/2 (2009), pp. 45-62

[17] 'Reinventing Green Politics: The Strategic Repositioning of the German Green Party', in: German Politics, 18/1 (2009), pp. 36-54

[16] 'Klimadebatte und Postdemokratie: Zur gesellschaftlichen Bewaeltigung der Nicht-Nachhaltigkeit', in: Transit European Revue 36 (2008), pp.46-64

[15] ‘Eco-politics beyond the Paradigm of Sustainability’, in: Environmental Politics, 16/2 (2007), pp. 185-205, (with Ian Welsh)

[14] ‘Sustaining the Unsustainable: Symbolic Politics and the Politics of Simulation’, in: Environmental Politics, 16/2 (2007), pp. 251-75

[13] ‘Self-Description, Self-Deception, Simulation. A Systems-theoretical Perspective on Contemporary Discourses of Radical Change’, in: Social Movement Studies, 6/1 (2007), pp.1-20

[12] ‘billig will Ich: Post-demokratische Revolution und Simulative Demokratie’, in: Forschungsjournal Neue Soziale Bewegungen, No. 4/2006

[11] ‘Self-Experience in the Theme Park of Radical Action? Social Movements and Political Articulation in the Late-modern Condition’, in: European Journal of Social Theory, 9/1 (February 2006), pp.23-42

[10] ‘New Green Pragmatism in Germany. Green Politics beyond the Social Democratic Embrace’, in: Government and Opposition, 39/4 (Autumn 2004), pp.564-86

[9] ‘Managing Strategic Positioning Choices. A Reappraisal of the Development Paths of the French and German Green Parties’, in: Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 12/3 (December 2004), pp.303-319 (with Josef Szarka)

[8] ‘Future-Fitness and Reform-Gridlock. Towards Social Inequality and Post-Democratic Politics?’, in: Debatte. Review of Contemporary German Affairs, 12/2 (Winter 2004), pp.114-136

[7] ‘Unsustainability as a Frame of Mind – And How We Disguise It. The Silent Counter Revolution and the Politics of Simulation’, in: The Trumpeter, 181 (Spring 2002), pp. 59-69

In July 2006 a revised version of this article was published in Polish translation:

‘Niezrównowazenie jako stan swiadomosci. Cicha kontrrewolucja i polityka symulacji’, in: RECYKLINGIDEI, Nr.8 lato/jesien 2006, pp.6-7

[6] ‘An Offer one Might Prefer to Refuse. The Systems Theoretical Legacy of Niklas Luhmann’, in: European Journal of Social Theory, 3/3 (August 2000), pp.339-354

[5] ‘The Silent Counter-Revolution. Political Ecology and the Neo-materialist Agenda’, in: Social Science Forum Journal, http://www.social-science-forum.org (September 2000)

[4] ‘Beyond Criticism and Crisis. On the Post-critical Challenge of Niklas Luhmann’, in: Debatte. Review of Contemporary German Affairs, 6/2 (November 1999), pp.185-199

[3] ‘A Theory of Post-Ecologist Politics’, in: Environmental Politics, 6/3 (Autumn 1997), pp.125-147

[2] ‘Ecological Consensus and Anti-modernist Simplicity’, in: Debatte. Review of Contemporary German Affairs, 1/1994, pp.64-85

[1] ‘Alle Macht geht vom Verbraucher aus’, in: Keele German Papers, Vol.IV, June 1994, pp.3-15

3. Contributions to edited volumes

[19] 'Das postdemokratische Doppeldilemma: Politische Repräsentation in der simulativen Demokratie', in: Linden, Markus / Thaa, Winfried (eds.) Krise und Reform politischer Repräsentation, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2011, pp. 45-75

[18] 'Win-Win-Szenarien im Härtetest. Die Umweltpolitik der Großen Koalition 2005-2009', in: Bukow, Sebastian / Seemann, Wenke (eds.) Die Große Koalition: Regierung - Politik - Parteien 2005-2009, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2010, pp. 211-227

[17] 'Democracy beyond the Modernist Subject: Complexity and the Late-modern Reconfiguration of Legitimacy', in: Blühdorn, Ingolfur (ed.) In Search of Legitimacy. Policy Making in Europe and the Challenge of Societal Complexity, Opladen/Farmington Hills, MI: Barbara Budrich, 2009, pp. 17-50

[16] ‘The Participatory Revolution: New Social Movements and Civil Society’, in: Larres, Klaus (ed.) A Companion to Europe Since 1945, London: Blackwell, 2009, pp.407-431

[15] ‘The Third Transformation of Democracy: On the Efficient Management of Late-modern Complexity’, in: Blühdorn, Ingolfur / Jun, Uwe (ed.) Economic Efficiency – Democratic Empowerment. Contested Modernisation in Britain and Germany, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield (Lexington), 2007, pp.299-331

[14] ‘Democracy, Efficiency, Futurity: Contested Objectives of Societal Reform’, in: Blühdorn, Ingolfur / Jun, Uwe (ed.) Economic Efficiency – Democratic Empowerment. Contested Modernisation in Britain and Germany, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield (Lexington), 2007, pp.69-98

[13] ‘Reform-Gridlock and Hyper-Innovation. Germany, Britain and the Project of Societal Modernisation’, (with Uwe Jun), in: Blühdorn, Ingolfur / Jun, Uwe (ed.) Economic Efficiency – Democratic Empowerment. Contested Modernisation in Britain and Germany, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield (Lexington), 2006

[12] ‘Social Movements and Political Performance. Niklas Luhmann, Jean Baudrillard and the Politics of Simulation’, in: Haas, Birgit (ed.) Macht – Performanz, Performativität, Polittheater, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2005, pp.19-40

[11] ‘Post-Ecologism and the Politics of Simulation’, in: Wissenburg, Marcel / Levy Yoram (ed.) Liberal Democracy and the Environment. The End of Environmentalism?, London/New York: Routledge, 2004, pp.35-47

[10] ‘Red-Green and Beyond. The German Green Party after the 2002 Elections’, in: Winnett, Adrian (ed.) Towards an Environment Research Agenda, Volume III, Basingstoke/Houndmills: Palgrave, 2004, pp.149-171

[9] ‘Inclusionality – Exclusionality. Environmental Philosophy and Simulative Politics’, in: Winnett, Adrian and Warhurst, Alison (eds.) Towards an Environment Research Agenda, Volume II, Basingstoke/Houndmills: Palgrave, 2003, pp.21-45

[8] ‘Green Futures? A Future for the Greens?’, in: Goodbody, Axel (ed.) The Culture of German Environmentalism. Anxieties, Visions, Realities, Oxford: Berghahn, 2002, pp.103-121

[7] ‘Reflexivity and Self-Referentiality: On the Normative Foundations of Ecological Communication’, in: Grant, Colin / McLaughlin, Donal (ed.) Language – Meaning – Social Construction, Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 2001, pp.181-201

[6] ‘From Critical Theory to the Theory of Societal Self-Critique: Ulrich Beck’s Attempt at Saving the Critical Project’, in: Briel, H./Kramer, A. (ed.) In Practice: Adorno, Critical Theory and Cultural Studies, Bern/New York: Peter Lang, 2001, pp.65-84

[5] ‘Ecological Modernisation and Post-Ecologist Politics’, in: Buttel, F./Mol, A./Spaargaren, G. (Hg.) Environment and Global Modernity, London/Thousand Oaks/New Delhi: Sage, 2000, pp.209-228

[4] ‘Construction and Deconstruction: Ecological Politics after the End of Nature’, in: Warhurst, A. (ed.) Towards a Collaborative Environment Research Agenda: Challenges for Business and Society, Basingstoke/Houndmills: Macmillan, 2000, pp.237-261

[3] ‘Ecological Thought and Critical Theory’, in: Riordan, C. (ed.) Green Thought in German Culture, University of Wales Press, 1997, pp.89-106

[2] ‘Campaigning for Nature: Environmental Pressure Groups in Germany and Generational change in the Ecology Movement’, in: Blühdorn, I./Krause, F./Scharf, T. (eds.) The Green Agenda. Environmental Politics and Policy in Germany, Keele University Press, 1995, pp.167-220

[1] ‘Getting Ready for the Third Phase’, in: Blühdorn, I./Krause, F./Scharf, T. (eds.) The Green Agenda. Environmental Politics and Policy in Germany, Keele University Press, 1995, pp.11-22 (with F.Krause und T.Scharf)

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