Im Dezember 2004 hat der Europäische Rat einstimmig beschlossen, Beitrittsverhandlungen mit der Türkei aufzunehmen. Auch wenn erst nach einem erfolgreichen Abschluss über eine endgültige Mitgliedschaft entschieden wird, dürfte nach dieser kaum noch zu revidierenden Zusage an die türkische...

There are basically three stories about the globalisation-welfare state nexus. The first story argues that globalisation is the cause of the chronic crisis of the welfare state. As national economies open to the international market, governments are forced to adapt to the imperatives of global...

This paper analyses whether Switzerland has still expanded its social programmes after the end of the so-called golden age. Quantitative evidence points to this trend and ana-lysing reforms in pensions, health insurance, unemployment insurance and family pol-icy reinforces this conclusion, with...

Forms of European multi-level administration show an increased defibration of the state through a shift of functioning onto the European level, onto other transnationally acting member states and onto the level of social self-organisation. At the same time a new complexity is to be observed in...

Contemporary research has frequently stressed the resilience of welfare states facing internal and external problem pressure or ideologically motivated attacks. Theoretical explanations of welfare state change have in part been eclipsed by explanations of its remarkable stability. But does the...

Zwei sicherheitspolitische Schlüsselbegriffe der 1990er Jahre sind Intervention und Krisenprävention: Beide Konzepte erlebten in den 1990er Jahren eine einzigartige Karriere, da sich mit ihnen die Hoffnung verband, über wirksame Instrumente zur Eindämmung der aufflammenden Krisenherde zu...

Trade relations are governed by the multilateral GATT, whereas the avoidance of international double taxation rests on a network of around 2000 bilateral treaties. Given the two regimes similar economic rationales this difference between bilateralism in international double tax avoidance and...

How does globalisation affect taxation? The academic wisdom is split on this question. Some argue that globalisation spells the beginning of the end of the national tax state while others maintain that it hardly constrains tax policy choices at all. This paper comes down in the middle. It finds...

This article focuses on the changing role of the state in financing, providing and regulating health care services under the German health care system from 1970-2000. While a reduced role of the state can be observed in terms of financing, our analysis of service provision indicates inconsistent...

Im Mittelpunkt des vorliegenden Artikels steht die Frage, inwiefern mit der Umsetzung aktivierender Arbeitsmarktpolitik ein Wandel von governance bzw. Steuerungsformen verbunden ist. Dazu wird die Umsetzung aktivierender Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Dänemark, Deutschland und Großbritannien in drei...