Jeffery, Charlie, Pamphilis, Niccole M., Turner, Ed and Rowe, Carolyn (2014). Regional policy variation in Germany:the diversity of living conditions in a 'unitary federal state'. Journal of European public policy, 21 (9), pp. 1350-1366.
Abstract
The German federal system is conventionally understood as highly co-ordinated between federal and regional governments and aimed at producing a 'uniformity' of living conditions. This view has increasingly been challenged as new work focuses on innovation and diversity at the regional level, and also as a consequence of reforms to the federal system that took place in 2006. This contribution attempts to establish a more systematic basis for assessing and explaining the scope and significance of regional policy variation in Germany. Our findings suggest that - despite institutional structures that foster intense co-ordination between central and regional governments and apparent popular preferences for uniformity of policy outcomes - the extent of policy variation in Germany is much greater than conventionally understood and driven both by structural factors and partisan choices at the regional level.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2014.923022 |
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Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Politics, History and International Relations College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Aston Centre for Europe |
Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of European public policy on 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13501763.2014.923022 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | German federalism,policy variation,political parties,Sociology and Political Science,Public Administration |
Publication ISSN: | 1466-4429 |
Last Modified: | 05 Aug 2024 13:47 |
Date Deposited: | 25 Nov 2014 11:20 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2014-07-08 |
Authors: |
Jeffery, Charlie
Pamphilis, Niccole M. Turner, Ed ( ![]() Rowe, Carolyn ( ![]() |