German Policy Studies

This journal focuses on policy research (a) with an emphasis on German speaking countries, issues and studies (and/or) (b) which follow a comparative approach (and/or) (c) which can function as a bridge between the Anglo-Saxon and Continental European/German tradition in policy research. The underlying argument is that in the German speaking countries there is some kind of common tradition, focus and way of solving problems which - if at all - only slowly adapt to the Anglo-Saxon viewpoints, concepts and developments. All manuscripts published in this journal have been blind-reviewed.

2010 Articles

Vol. 6, No. 1

Editorial by NILS C. BANDELOW, FRITZ SAGER and KLAUS SCHUBERT

Single Article: Towards Institutional Gridlock? The Limitations of Germany’s Consensus Democracy by CHRISTIAN SCHWEIGER

Symposium on Transforming Bismarckian Welfare State: Turning Away from a Defined-Benefit System? by Wolfram Lamping and Friedbert W. Rüb, editors

Introduction: Farewell to Bismarck, or Moving Forward Back to Bismarck? by WOLFRAM LAMPING and FRIEDBERT W. RÜB

Activating Labor Market and Social Policies in Germany: From Status Protection to Basic Income Support by WERNER EICHHORST, MARIA GRIENBERGER-ZINGERL and REGINA KONLE-SEIDL

Health Care Reform in Germany by THOMAS GERLINGER

German Pension Policies: The Transformation of a Defined-Benefit System into…What? by FRIEDBERT W. RÜB and WOLFRAM LAMPING

Implications of the Activation Paradigm on Poverty and Social Exclusion in Germany: Facts, Hypotheses, Uncertainties by PETRA BÖHNKE

Farewell to the Family as We Know it: Family Policy Change in Germany by ILONA OSTNER

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