German Public Policy and Federalism

Arthur B. Gunlicks is Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Richmond, Virginia. He has published widely on German politics, especially German federalism and party and campaign finance.

• List of IllustrationsForewordJackson JanesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: German Unification, Public Policy, and FederalismArthur B. GunlicksChapter 1. Historical Dimensions of German Statehood: From the Old Reich to the New GermanyWolf D. GrunerChapter 2. On the Misery of the German Financial ConstitutionGisela FärberChapter 3. Territorial Reform of the Länder: A Demand of the Basic LawUwe LeonardyChapter 4. Länder Parliaments in the Federation: Some Remarks on the Division of PowersFranz GreßChapter 5. Germany’s Latent Constitutional ConflictWerner J. PatzeltChapter 6. The Changing Party System and the Challenge of Direct DemocracyPeter LöscheChapter 7. Direct Legislation in United GermanyHermann K. Heußner Chapter 8. The German System of EU Policymaking and the Role of the Länder: Fragmentation and PartnershipUdo DiedrichsChapter 9. German Länder Participation in European Policy through the BundesratElisabeth Dette-KochChapter 10. Dimensions of Constitutional Change: Germany and the United Kingdom ComparedCharlie JefferyConclusion: Toward an Understanding of German Politics at the Turn of a New CenturyArthur B. GunlicksBibliographyIndex

"[These papers] offer a variety of insightful analyses and perspectives. Taken individually, they provide informative, well-researched understandings of contemporary debates on German federalism and public policy…should be required reading for all scholars of comparative politics." Publius. The Journal of Federalism