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Author Turner, Edward, 1977-

Title Political parties and public policy in the German länder : when parties matter / Ed Turner
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 263 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: Partisan influence upon Public Policy in Decentralised Polities -- Do Parties Matter in the German L̃nder? -- Education, Family and Childcare, and Labour Market Policies at a Land level -- The Case of Hesse, 1999-2003 -- The Saarland, 1999-2004 -- Saxony Anhalt, 2002-2006 -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Bibliography -- Appendix 2: List of Interviews -- Appendix 3: Commonly Used German Terms and Abbreviations
Introduction: Partisan influence upon public policy in decentralised polities -- Do parties matter in the German länder? theoretical and practical challenges, past attempts at exploration, and a new approach -- Contemporary German federalism -- Education, family and childcare, and labour market policies at a land level -- The case of Hesse 1999-2003 -- The Saarland 1999-2004 -- Saxony Anhalt 2002-2006 -- Conclusion
Summary When Parties Matter looks at the extent to which political parties can make a difference to public policy, focusing on the regional level in Germany. Politicians of the left and the right sometimes have radically different views, but inevitably the combined forces of legal and financial constraints, bureaucracy, public expectations and the 'weight of history' restrict their ability to translate political disagreement into policy change. Giving a detailed examination of education policy, childcare and family policy, and labour market policy in three German regions between 1999 and 2006, this book provides insights into what politicians can and cannot achieve, in particular at the level below the nation-state
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Political parties -- Germany -- States
Political planning -- Germany -- States
Political parties -- Germany -- States -- Case studies
Political planning -- Germany -- States -- Case studies
State governments -- Germany
Political parties -- Germany.
Public administration -- Germany.
Regional government policies -- Germany.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties.
Politics and Government.
State governments
Germany
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230307940
0230307949