Economic Globalization and the Shifting Boundaries of German Federalism

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ID6376388
AuthorsRichard Deeg (0000-0003-0130-4308, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume26
Issue1
Pages27-52
Publication date1996-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a029839
OpenAlexW2094767581
LanguageEN
Citations received7

As in many other nations, economic globalization undermined the economic policymaking autonomy of the German federal government. At the same time, it prompted decentralization of other kinds of economic policymaking authority within the federal system. Thus, the Länder have assumed increased responsibility for regional economic adjustment through the expansion of regional economic policy networks. The economic impacts of globalization and the decentralization of economic policymaking, however, combine to promote greater disparities among the Lander. These disparities exacerbate growing competition among the Länder for investment and publicresources. This, in turn, creates deeper conflict among constituent governments that threatens to weaken further the problem-solving capacity of cooperative federalism

Autonomy · Competition (biology · Decentralization · Economic globalization · Economic integration · Economic policy · Economic system · Economics · Federalism · Geography · German · Globalization · Government (linguistics · International trade · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration and Political Analysis

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