Contents: 1 Introduction; 2 Bismarckian social legislation as a federalist compromise; 3 Weimar and the conflict over resources and competencies; 4 The Federal Republic´s welfare state and fiscal joint decision traps; 5 Conclusion; 6 References"The comparative welfare state research regularly highlights 'federalism' as a factor that has delayed welfare state development and sets clear 'limits to welfare state growth'. Yet, apparently German federalism goes together with one of the most generous welfare states of the world. This paper argues that federalism in Germany not only has not hindered strong welfare state expansion, but actually has contributed to it. The special variant of 'coopera-tive federalism' has blurred political and fiscal ...
What does federalism do to welfare states? This question arises in scholarly debates about policy de...
In federal states with territorially based ethnic, linguistic or religious cleavages, the allocation...
Germany has been characterized as a country slow to reform its welfare system. Examining this popula...
The German welfare state is in crisis. Alarming long-term demographic trends, the still not fully di...
Conventional wisdom strongly suggests that federalism is inimical to high levels of social spending....
Defence date: 4 March 2008Examining board: Prof. Jacques Ziller, EUI (Supervisor) ; Prof. Dieter Gri...
In this article, German federalism is analyzed through its implications for public spending and for ...
The German welfare state has undergone fundamental reforms over the past three decades. Since the ea...
The comparative welfare state research regularly highlights ‚federalism’ as a factor that has delaye...
Studies of the welfare state usually try to find out which factors have contributed to its ascendanc...
Social Protection, Capitalist Production provides a thorough analysis of the genealogy and the funct...
"Drei unterschiedliche Föderalismusmodelle charakterisieren Kanadas Sozialpolitik: Politikverflechtu...
The unique characteristics of Germany’s federalism have been long identified as one of the main obst...
Comparative research on welfare states is facing various pitfalls in our days. This article is conce...
Article by Professor Dr Jur Ulrich Karpen (Hamburg) published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Soci...
What does federalism do to welfare states? This question arises in scholarly debates about policy de...
In federal states with territorially based ethnic, linguistic or religious cleavages, the allocation...
Germany has been characterized as a country slow to reform its welfare system. Examining this popula...
The German welfare state is in crisis. Alarming long-term demographic trends, the still not fully di...
Conventional wisdom strongly suggests that federalism is inimical to high levels of social spending....
Defence date: 4 March 2008Examining board: Prof. Jacques Ziller, EUI (Supervisor) ; Prof. Dieter Gri...
In this article, German federalism is analyzed through its implications for public spending and for ...
The German welfare state has undergone fundamental reforms over the past three decades. Since the ea...
The comparative welfare state research regularly highlights ‚federalism’ as a factor that has delaye...
Studies of the welfare state usually try to find out which factors have contributed to its ascendanc...
Social Protection, Capitalist Production provides a thorough analysis of the genealogy and the funct...
"Drei unterschiedliche Föderalismusmodelle charakterisieren Kanadas Sozialpolitik: Politikverflechtu...
The unique characteristics of Germany’s federalism have been long identified as one of the main obst...
Comparative research on welfare states is facing various pitfalls in our days. This article is conce...
Article by Professor Dr Jur Ulrich Karpen (Hamburg) published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Soci...
What does federalism do to welfare states? This question arises in scholarly debates about policy de...
In federal states with territorially based ethnic, linguistic or religious cleavages, the allocation...
Germany has been characterized as a country slow to reform its welfare system. Examining this popula...