Governance in contemporary Germany : the semisovereign state revisited / edited by Simon Green and William E. Paterson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Green, Simon, 1971- editor.

Paterson, William E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany--Politics and government--1990-.

Germany.

Germany--History--Unification, 1990.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, West Germany was considered to be one of the world's most successful economic and political systems. In his seminal 1987 analysis of West Germany's 'semisovereign' system of governance, Peter Katzenstein attributed this success to a combination of a fragmented polity, consensus politics and incremental policy changes. However, unification in 1990 has both changed Germany's institutional configuration and created economic and social challenges on a huge scale. This 2005 volume therefore asks whether semisovereignty still exists in contemporary Germany and, crucially, whether it remains an asset in terms of addressing these challenges. By shadowing and building on the original study, an eminent team of British, German and American scholars analyses institutional changes and the resulting policy developments in key sectors, with Peter Katzenstein himself providing the conclusion. Together, the chapters provide a landmark assessment of the outcomes produced by one of the world's most important countries.

Contents:

Introduction : Semisovereignty challenged / Simon Green and William E. Paterson

Institutional transfer : can semisovereignty be transferred? The political economy of Eastern Germany / Wade Jacoby

Political parties / Thomas Saalfeld

Federalism : the new territorialism / Charlie Jeffery

Shock-absorbers under stress : parapublic institutions and the double challenges of German unification and European integration / Andreas Busch

Economic policy management : catastrophic equilibrium, tipping points and crisis intervention / Kenneth Dyson

Industrial relations : from state weakness as strength to state weakness as weakness : welfare corporatism and the private use of the public interest / Wolfgang Streeck

Social policy : crisis and transformation / Roland Czada

Immigration and integration policy : between incrementalism and non-decisions / Simon Green

Environmental policy : the law of diminishing returns? / Charles Lees

Administrative reform : is public bureaucracy still an obstacle? / Klaus H. Goetz

European policy-making : between associated sovereignty and semisovereignty / William E. Paterson

Conclusion : Semisovereignty in united Germany / Peter J. Katzenstein.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-333) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-15312-3

1-280-43147-4

0-511-80774-0

0-511-18205-8

0-511-12600-X

0-511-19927-9

0-511-29997-4

0-511-12514-3

OCLC:

171137303