Strengthening International Democracy: Future and Transformation of Political Leadership
Reflection P aper on the Fu ture and T ransformation of P olitical L eadership: QUALITY - ETHICS - NORMATIVITY I. Background II. 'New Enlightenment': Actualization , R enewal, Ensuring III. LDBO , P arliamentarism, F ederalism ( GE and EU) IV. "Coopetition": Transition to 'Integrated Market Economy' V. Recommendations I. Background After more than 70 years of democratic political leadership in the German and (western) European societies, the forces of necessary perception, control and future-oriented design of mechanisms and processes of ruling / governing are, if not exhausted, at least "used out" and must be put to the test. In the end, governing was to be identified more as reacting, representing and administering daily political demands. In this way, the form and substance of government drift dangerously apart and can only be brought into an ap...