Regional policy variation in Germany:the diversity of living conditions in a 'unitary federal state'
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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. © 2014 © 2014 Taylor & Francis. |
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http://eprints.aston.ac.uk/24479/1/Diversity_of_living_conditions_in_a_unitary_federal_state.pdf http://eprints.aston.ac.uk/24479/2/Diversity_of_living_conditions_in_a_unitary_federal_state.pdf 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. |
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http://eprints.aston.ac.uk/24479/ |
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Article PeerReviewed |