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Conflict and Consensus in Germany’s Bi-cameral System: A Case Study of the Passage of the Agenda 2010

Saalfeld, Thomas (2006) Conflict and Consensus in Germany’s Bi-cameral System: A Case Study of the Passage of the Agenda 2010. Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 14 (3). pp. 247-269. ISSN 0965-156X. (doi:10.1080/09651560601042951) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:3547)

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Abstract

The chances for the second Schröder government’s Agenda 2010 reforms to be enacted were slim as the government lacked a majority in the Bundesrat and the reforms met with hostility in the governing parties, the trades unions and parts of the electorate. Nevertheless, the reforms were passed in 2003. Building on a veto-player framework, the present case study demonstrates that highly contested policy reforms such as the Agenda 2010 can be passed even if the number of veto players is high, when the legislative status quo is unattractive for the parties; the government is successful in employing its agenda-setting powers; the timing in the electoral cycle is favourable; and the opposition lacks cohesiveness.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/09651560601042951
Uncontrolled keywords: Germany, German politics, veto player theory, veto players, welfare reform
Subjects: J Political Science
J Political Science > JN Political institutions and public administration (Europe)
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations
Depositing User: T.K. Saalfeld
Date Deposited: 18 May 2008 09:36 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/3547 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Saalfeld, Thomas.

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