Pub Date : 2023-04-08DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2023.2198214
Johanna Hornung, N. Bandelow, Lina Y. Iskandar
In the second half of the 19th legislative period, COVID-19 brought the issue of health policy firmly into the public limelight. Given that it amplified already existing challenges, this crisis can be conceptualised as a case of positive feedback in the understanding of punctuated equilibrium theory (PET). One would have expected this crisis to provide a push for reforms in the areas of digitalisation, hospital and care policy, as these represent both the policy path taken by the Minister of Health at the beginning of the legislative period and a response to the problems caused by the pandemic. However, none of these areas were addressed in any significant way by health policymakers after the COVID-19 outbreak, leaving us to wonder why a shift in attention and positive feedback did not lead to major reforms. To answer this question, we link PET to the multiple streams framework (MSF) to explain why positive feedback has not led to major reforms in German health policy. We show that the policy stream – with a lack of measures ready for adoption – and the politics stream, with power struggles within parties and between levels of government, explain why major reforms have not been adopted. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of German Politics is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)
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Pub Date : 2023-04-08DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2023.2195629
Annette Elisabeth Töller
A number of situational events had an impact on the environmental and climate policy of the last Merkel government. The drought in the summer of 2018, the flood disaster of 2021, the climate protests of Fridays for Future throughout 2019 and also the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court on the Climate Protection Act of 2021 generated a great deal of attention for environmental and, above all, climate policy. On the contrary, the COVID 19 pandemic since March 2020 diverted public attention from environmental issues. All in all, however, the processes can largely be characterised as ‘business as usual' – with the usual conflicts of partisan, departmental, and interest politics, and an overall impact of EU policies. In terms of the policy results, the glass seems more ‘half full' than ‘half empty'. Some progress was made on insect protection and the circular economy, and the coal phase-out was finally initiated. In climate policy, however, there is still a gap in implementation despite clear progress, and there is also what can best be described as an ambition gap. Other issues remain to be fixed, for example in wind energy, animal welfare, and moorland protection. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of German Politics is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)
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Pub Date : 2023-03-31DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2023.2195170
K. Oppermann, Klaus Brummer
{"title":"German Foreign Policy Under the Merkel IV Government: The Role of Party Political Contestation Within the ‘Grand Coalition’","authors":"K. Oppermann, Klaus Brummer","doi":"10.1080/09644008.2023.2195170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2023.2195170","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46640,"journal":{"name":"German Politics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45362504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-30DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2023.2195169
Laura Seelkopf, L. Haffert
{"title":"Breaking with Orthodoxy? German Fiscal Policy in the Shadow of Covid-19","authors":"Laura Seelkopf, L. Haffert","doi":"10.1080/09644008.2023.2195169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2023.2195169","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46640,"journal":{"name":"German Politics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44810205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-28DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2023.2189701
M. Heermann, Dirk Leuffen, Fabian Tigges
{"title":"Change to Stay the Same? German European Preference Formation During the COVID-19 Crisis","authors":"M. Heermann, Dirk Leuffen, Fabian Tigges","doi":"10.1080/09644008.2023.2189701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2023.2189701","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46640,"journal":{"name":"German Politics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43286311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-24DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2023.2191317
P. Mai, M. Link, Fabian Engler
{"title":"Voting Behaviour in the 19th German Bundestag and Beyond: Between the Daily Business of Unity and a Special Vote of Conscience","authors":"P. Mai, M. Link, Fabian Engler","doi":"10.1080/09644008.2023.2191317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2023.2191317","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46640,"journal":{"name":"German Politics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46241980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-24DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2023.2187782
Christian Person, N. Behnke, Till Jürgens
{"title":"Effects of Territorial Party Politics on Horizontal Coordination among the German Länder – An Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic Management in Germany","authors":"Christian Person, N. Behnke, Till Jürgens","doi":"10.1080/09644008.2023.2187782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2023.2187782","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46640,"journal":{"name":"German Politics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41498403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-20DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2023.2187783
Linda Voigt
{"title":"Under Pressure? The Labour Market Policy of the Grand Coalition 2018–2021","authors":"Linda Voigt","doi":"10.1080/09644008.2023.2187783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2023.2187783","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46640,"journal":{"name":"German Politics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59681179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-15DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2023.2188585
Reimut Zohlnhöfer, Fabian Engler
{"title":"Angela Merkel’s Last Term – An Introduction","authors":"Reimut Zohlnhöfer, Fabian Engler","doi":"10.1080/09644008.2023.2188585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2023.2188585","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46640,"journal":{"name":"German Politics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44795945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-07DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2023.2186647
Niklas Helwig
{"title":"Germany and the European Union: How Chancellor Angela Merkel Shaped Europe","authors":"Niklas Helwig","doi":"10.1080/09644008.2023.2186647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2023.2186647","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46640,"journal":{"name":"German Politics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42196128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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