Roland Sturm
Biographic Data
| ID | 3597401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roland Sturm |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roland |
| FAMILY NAME | Sturm |
| SIGNATURE | STURM R |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 83 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 120 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 75 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 8 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Diet quality improvement and 30-year population health and economic outcomes: A microsimulation study
Objective: Diets closer aligned with nutritional guidelines could lower the risk of several chronic conditions and improve economic outcomes, such as employment and healthcare costs. However, little is known about the range, order of magnitude and timing of these potential effects. Design: We used a microsimulation approach to predict US population changes over 30 years in health and economic outcomes that could result from a substantial (but not…
The elephant in the room“ – Großbritanniens wechselvolles Verhältnis zum Euro
Die Euro-Einführung wurde von Großbritannien immer abgelehnt. Das Land sah im Maastrichter Vertrag von 1993 einen weiteren Schritt zur Vertiefung der europäischen Integration, die im föderalen Superstaat enden werde. Premierminister Tony Blair setzte sich in seiner Amtszeit für ein Referendum zur Einführung des Euro ein, das aber am Widerstand seines Schatzkanzlers Gordon Brown scheiterte. Auch die schottischen Unabhängigkeitsbemühungen thematisi…
Decentralisation as authoritarian upgrading? Evidence from Jordan and Morocco
A vivid regional and international debate on the significance of local politics and the respective actors came back to life after the Arab uprisings in 2011, which initiated decentralisation reforms in several MENA countries. Decentralisation advocates expect the reforms to foster democratisation, local autonomy and the overall socioeconomic situation, but Middle Eastern regimes also engage in decentralisation reforms for the sake of their own du…
Siegfried Weichlein, Föderalismus und Demokratie in der Bundesrepublik. Stuttgart, Kohlhammer 2019
Föderalismus. Der deutsche Bundesstaat in der Europäischen Union: Hans-Jürgen Papier, Ursula Münch, Gero Kellermann (eds.), Baden-Baden, Nomos, 2018, 135pp., €29
Föderalismus. Der deutsche Bundesstaat in der Europäischen Union." German Politics, 29(2), pp. 284–285
Representation of Partisan, Territorial, and Institutional Interests in Second Chambers: Evidence from the German Bundesrat and its Committees
Revisiting the longstanding debate on interest representation in federal second chambers, this article investigates the influence of partisanship vis-à-vis territorial and other interests such as institutional concerns on deliberations. We argue that committees as the actual place of policy- and decision-making provide an instructive approach to understand interest representation in second chambers, just as in first chambers. For the empirical pa…
Decentralization in the Arab world: Conceptualizing the role of neopatrimonial networks
Since the early 1990s, government-led decentralization strategies have emerged in the Arab world, with an additional surge after the Arab uprisings in 2011. Western donors and Arab civil society activists expected an increase in participation and autonomy. Yet the outcome of the reforms varies considerably. We develop a new conceptual approach for the analysis of decentralization processes in the Arab world. We suggest that decentralization is gu…
Austerität als gesellschaftliches Projekt
Das politische System Großbritanniens
Politische System Großbritanniens
Austerität Als Gesellschaftliches Projekt: Zwischen Theorie und Praxis
A Cash-back Rebate Program for Healthy Food Purchases in South Africa: Selection and Program Effects in Self-reported Diet Patterns
Large population interventions are an essential complement to laboratory experiments, but selection biases require explicit attention in evaluation studies conducted in naturalistic settings
Britain: Divorced from the EU and Disunited at Home
The Brexit referendum brought the regional and social divisions of the UK in the open. It put unresolved constitutional questions on the agenda and had a deep impact on the British party system. The referendum campaign provided room for protest, fake news and scare mongering. In electoral terms, the referendum gave a voice to the left-behinds. It is open to question whether the high hopes the Brexiteers created for a newly "independent" Britain w…
Das politische System Großbritanniens
Seasonal cycles in food purchases and changes in BMI among South Africans participating in a health promotion programme
Objective Improving diet quality is a key factor for promoting population health. Social norms can support or undermine these efforts. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between seasonal variation in food purchases and BMI. Design The study population comprises members of a South African health promotion programme. Data come from scanner data of food purchases by 400 000 enrolled households at supermarkets and repeated indivi…
Das Schottland-Referendum: Hintergrundinformationen und Einordnung
Diet and obesity in Los Angeles County 2007-2012: "Is there a measurable effect of the 2008 "Fast-Food Ban
Schottland-Referendum: Hintergrundinformationen und Einordnung
Das Schottland-Referendum: Hintergrundinformationen und Einordnung
Koalitionen in West- und Osteuropa
The Politics of Constitutional Reform in North America: Coping with New Challenges
Koalitionen und Koalitionsvereinbarungen: Theorie, Analyse und Dokumentation
Neue Deutsche Regierungssystem: Die Europäisierung Von Institutionen, Entscheidungsprozessen und Politikfeldern in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Regulierung und Deregulierung Im Wirtschaftlichen Transformationsprozess: Zur Neugestaltung Von ,,Staatlichkeit Am Beispiel der Verkehrspolitik in Den Visegrád-Staaten
Rediscovering Competition: Competition Policy in East Central Europe in Comparative Perspective
Diet and obesity in Los Angeles County 2007-2012: "Is there a measurable effect of the 2008 "Fast-Food Ban
US-based indices of area-level deprivation: Results from HealthCare for Communities
Alcohol Environments and Disparities in Exposure Associated With Adolescent Drinking in California
Objectives. We investigated sociodemographic disparities in alcohol environments and their relationship with adolescent drinking. Methods. We geocoded and mapped alcohol license data with ArcMap to construct circular buffers centered at 14 595 households with children that participated in the California Health Interview Survey. We calculated commercial sources of alcohol in each buffer. Multivariate logistic regression differentiated the effects …
Physical Education in Elementary School and Body Mass Index: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
Objectives. We examined the effect of physical education instruction time on body mass index (BMI) change in elementary school. Methods. We examined data from a national sample of 9751 kindergartners in the United States who were reported on for 2 years. We used a difference-in-differences approach to examine the effect of an increase in physical education instruction time between kindergarten and first grade on the difference in BMI change in th…
Decentralisation as authoritarian upgrading? Evidence from Jordan and Morocco
A vivid regional and international debate on the significance of local politics and the respective actors came back to life after the Arab uprisings in 2011, which initiated decentralisation reforms in several MENA countries. Decentralisation advocates expect the reforms to foster democratisation, local autonomy and the overall socioeconomic situation, but Middle Eastern regimes also engage in decentralisation reforms for the sake of their own du…
How independent is the Bundesbank
The independence and power of the Bundesbank are often regarded as unchangeable features of German politics. A closer look at constitutional realities shows, however, that the Bundesbank very much thrived on a myth. A number of efforts have been made to explain why the Bundesbank should remain formally outside government's control and unaccountable to Parliament. Though de jure untouched the degree of de facto independence of the Bundesbank has b…
The Europeanization of Regions in Eastern and Western Europe: Theoretical Perspectives
Today we witness the process of Europeanization of subnational regions in the 2004 pre-enlargement EU countries and in the new member states. This article reflects on our knowledge about this phenomenon, especially with regard to an East – West comparison. It asks: which promising theoretical approaches have been developed so far for the analysis of (a) the institutional options the Europeanization process provides for the regions and (b) the Eur…
Weight Gain Trends Across Sociodemographic Groups in the United States
Objectives. To better understand health disparities, we compared US weight gain trends across sociodemographic groups between 1986 and 2002. Methods. We analyzed mean and 80th-percentile body mass index (BMI), calculated from self-reported weight and height, for subpopulations defined by education, relative income, race/ethnicity, and gender. Data were from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a random-digit-dialed telephone survey (to…
Decentralization in the Arab world: Conceptualizing the role of neopatrimonial networks
Since the early 1990s, government-led decentralization strategies have emerged in the Arab world, with an additional surge after the Arab uprisings in 2011. Western donors and Arab civil society activists expected an increase in participation and autonomy. Yet the outcome of the reforms varies considerably. We develop a new conceptual approach for the analysis of decentralization processes in the Arab world. We suggest that decentralization is gu…
The role of the bundesbank in German politics
The Bundesbank plays a central role in German politics. Its strong position is mainly the result of its independence from the national government. This independence is guaranteed by the Bundesbank Act and has been defended time after time even at the price of open conflict with the central government. The importance of the independence of the central bank is also the basis of the attitude of the Bundesbank towards European monetary integration. T…
Economic Consequences of German Unification
The industrial policies of the German Länder and European integration
The potential for any individual Land to secure benefits for itself in the field of industrial policy depends to a great extent on its willingness to engage in independent action. The freedom of manoeuvre of the Lander in this field, particularly in the area of regional and structural adjustment policies, has, however, been circumscribed as regional policy has become progressively ‘Europeanised’. The Lander have consequently devoted increasing at…
Representation of Partisan, Territorial, and Institutional Interests in Second Chambers: Evidence from the German Bundesrat and its Committees
Revisiting the longstanding debate on interest representation in federal second chambers, this article investigates the influence of partisanship vis-à-vis territorial and other interests such as institutional concerns on deliberations. We argue that committees as the actual place of policy- and decision-making provide an instructive approach to understand interest representation in second chambers, just as in first chambers. For the empirical pa…
German unity, European integration and the future of the federal system: Revival or permanent loss of substance
The widening of economic disparities between the West German Lander and the deepening of European integration in the 1980s presented increasing challenges to the procedures of cooperative conflict resolution which had come to dominate — and guarantee the position of the Lander in ‐ the federal system since the 1960s. These challenges have been made far more severe by the incorporation of the five new Lander into the federal system in 1990 and the…
Unruly Divorces? Why Do Coalitions in the German Länder End Prematurely
Why do coalitions in Germany at the Land level end before they have reached their maximum period in office? To answer this question all cases of coalition break ups between 1949 and 2012 are discussed. Our approach has been to define categories of causes. The dichotomy suggested by Saalfeld which distinguishes between structural and institutional reasons for the premature end of Land coalitions, on the one hand (the territory of formal coalition …
Europäisches Regieren in der Kartellkontrolle – Probleme und Perspektiven politischer Steuerung durch hierarchisierte transgouvernementale Netzwerke
Journal of Pol itical Science (ZPol) is devoted to all areas and sub-areas of Political Science. The priority of this journal is to provide a platform for carrying on critical debates on basic, theoretical and practice-oriented political science. The high quality of the main articles published is ensured by double blind peer review. The journal publishes articles, essays, commentaries and short analyses of urgent political affairs. Website: www.z…
Economic reform at the länder level: New life for regional interventionism
The German Länder have a tradition of economic interventionism. Interventionism can imply a wide range of strategies from corporatism to cross-border cooperation with Germany's neighbours. When confronted with the new challenges of globalisation and Europeanisation on the one hand and the Lisbon strategy and EU controls of state aid on the other, the Länder adapted their strategies of regional interventionism. The poorer Länder, especially but no…
When do couples sign the one-child certificate in urban China
Budgetary politics in the federal republic of Germany
The purpose of this article is to advocate a more careful approach towards the analysis of the factors that are decisive for the comparative evaluation of system performance and the reasons given for output variations. Using budgetary politics in the Federal Republic of Germany as an example, it is argued that the majority of the ‘Does politics matter?’ literature is oversimplifying reality by overlooking the institutional variable
Budgetary Policy‐Making under Institutional Restrictions: The Experience of Britain, France, West Germany and the United States
POLITICIANS LIKE TO BE REGARDED AS EFFECTIVE IN THE WORK THEY do. They insist that the promises they make and the programmes they decide on are more than mere declarations of goodwill. To practise what they preach is of special importance to governments which stress that their policies are substantially different from the policies of their predecessors. Thus, a departure from conventional politics on the model of the social-democratic consensus w…
Der Haushaltsausschuß des Deutschen Bundestages
Der Haushaltsausschuss des Deutschen Bundestages: Struktur und Entscheidungsprozess
Staatstätigkeit: International und Historisch Vergleichende Analysen
The role of the bundesbank in German politics
The Bundesbank plays a central role in German politics. Its strong position is mainly the result of its independence from the national government. This independence is guaranteed by the Bundesbank Act and has been defended time after time even at the price of open conflict with the central government. The importance of the independence of the central bank is also the basis of the attitude of the Bundesbank towards European monetary integration. T…
Großbritannien
German unity, European integration and the future of the federal system: Revival or permanent loss of substance
The widening of economic disparities between the West German Lander and the deepening of European integration in the 1980s presented increasing challenges to the procedures of cooperative conflict resolution which had come to dominate — and guarantee the position of the Lander in ‐ the federal system since the 1960s. These challenges have been made far more severe by the incorporation of the five new Lander into the federal system in 1990 and the…
The industrial policies of the German Länder and European integration
The potential for any individual Land to secure benefits for itself in the field of industrial policy depends to a great extent on its willingness to engage in independent action. The freedom of manoeuvre of the Lander in this field, particularly in the area of regional and structural adjustment policies, has, however, been circumscribed as regional policy has become progressively ‘Europeanised’. The Lander have consequently devoted increasing at…
Staatsverschuldung
Staatsverschuldung: Ursachen, Wirkungen und Grenzen staatlicher Verschuldungspolitik
New German studies in political economy
It is difficult to understand and impossible to justify, but it is a fact: though post-war Germany was erected both psychologically and economically on the expanding base of a booming economy, German political science up to the present day has not produced a convincing systematic approach which could provide secure guidance for an analysis of the past or the contemporary relationship between economy and politics in this country. In the political …
When do couples sign the one-child certificate in urban China
Switches Between Prepaid and Fee-For-Service Health Systems Among Depressed Outpatients: Results From the Medical Outcomes Study
We analyzed switches between prepaid and fee-for-service health care plans among depressed outpatients in the longitudinal part of the Medical Outcomes Study. Patients of mental health specialists in fee-for-service plans had the lowest adjusted rate of plan switching (8.1%), compared to fee-for-service general medical patients (13.5%) and prepaid patients of both types of providers (10.1% to 11.7%). Although there were no substantial differences…
Politische Wirtschaftslehre
Whither the Länder? Federalism and political change in Germany
Roland Sturm discusses the influence of federalism on the German polity and concludes that Germany is not as ‘federal’ as one might think
How independent is the Bundesbank
The independence and power of the Bundesbank are often regarded as unchangeable features of German politics. A closer look at constitutional realities shows, however, that the Bundesbank very much thrived on a myth. A number of efforts have been made to explain why the Bundesbank should remain formally outside government's control and unaccountable to Parliament. Though de jure untouched the degree of de facto independence of the Bundesbank has b…
Provider Choice and Continuity for the Treatment of Depression
The role of specialist versus generalist providers regularly surfaces in health-care reform debates about costs and quality of care. By changing incentives to seek and deliver care, different payments systems can affect both the probability of initial specialty care and the duration of this patient-provider relationship. The authors compare provider selection (psychiatrist, nonphysician mental-health specialist, general medical provider) and dura…
Koalitionen und Koalitionsvereinbarungen
Das Werk einschliel3lich aHer seiner Teile ist urheberrechtlich geschtitzt.Jede Verwertung aul3erhalb der engen Grenzen des Urheberrechtsgesetzes ist ohne Zustimmung des Verlages
Regulierung und Deregulierung im wirtschaftlichen Transformationsprozess: Zur Neugestaltung von „Staatlichkeit“ am Beispiel der Verkehrspolitik in den Visegrád-Staaten
The Politics of Constitutional Reform in North America
Regulierung und Deregulierung im wirtschaftlichen Transformationsprozess
Economic transformation in Central and Eastern Europe: Towards a new regulatory regime
The 'new regulatory state' became a major issue in debates on the development of statehood at the end of the twentieth century. While most Western democracies have experienced dramatic changes in their state - societal arrangements, it seems not at all clear to what extent the transition countries of Eastern and Central Europe are going through a similar process. While it is obvious that privatization and deregulation in these countries are a nec…
Rediscovering Competition
Social Science Research Centre" of Erlangen-Nuremberg University and on the proceedings of an international conference held in Budapest, which brought together academics and decision-makers from Western Europe, North America and East Central Europe.The volume consists of two parts.First, in two contributions, the basics of the debate on regulatory policy in Gernlany and Great Britain are presented.In a second step academics from Political Science…
Das neue deutsche Regierungssystem
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