Does the partisan character of governing parties play a role in the formation of fiscal policy? The conventional view is that the left tends toward excessive deficits while the right practices a more prudent and restrictive fiscal policy. However, there is little evidence that would sustain such...

Codetermination (Mitbestimmung) in (West) Germany has been one of the mostcontroversial areas of political and economic conflict. When the CDU-led coalition came to power in 1982, there was a widespread expectation that the powers and privileges enjoyed by works councils (which had been...

Detailed case study material illustrates why the performance of two British national champions (British Airways and British Telecom respectively) was superior to that of their German counterparts (Lufthansa and Deutsche Telekom): beyond just the effects of privatisation, both the airline and...

The focus of this paper is on citizens' satisfaction with the German democratic political system. This paper presents an argument to the effect that the performance records of both the economy and the government in power have substantial impacts on the levels of popular satisfaction with the...

Ein Jahrzehnt ist seit der Verabschiedung der (als ein grundlegendes Programmdokument der WHO geltenden) Ottawa-Charta zur Gesundheitsförderung vergangen. Nach einer Phase dynamischen Aufschwungs speziell im Bereich der arbeitsweltbezogenen Gesundheitsförderung scheinen sich deren...

Was hierzulande derzeit unter der Bezeichnung Managed Care aus den USA bekannt wurde, steht ohne Übertreibung für die Unwälzung des Systems der medizinischen Versorgung in den USA. Gemeint ist damit ein äußerst rasant vorangehender Prozeß, in dem Instrumente und Prinzipien betrieblichen...

Sowohl gesundheitswissenschaftliche Befunde zur Verteilung und Dynamik von Gesundheitsproblemen als auch Erkenntnisse zur Optimierung von Gesundheitsförderung, Prävention und Krankenbehandlung als auch internationale Vergleiche deuten darauf hin, daß die Potentiale der Pflege - verstanden als...

Little empirically based social scientific research has been carried out with the aim of evaluating mediation procedures. Generally, such procedures are evaluated retrospectively and on the basis of very general criteria (Was an agreement achieved?). The Social Science Research Centre Berlin...

This discussion paper starts with a brief sketch of the development of German environmental policy. There then follows a description of some of its deficits, on the basis of commentaries (analysis and criticism) by environmental experts from 14 countries, including Germany. In particular, as a...