Political Parties and Public Policy in the German Länder

ED TURNER is Lecturer in Politics at Aston University, UK. He has held various teaching positions at Oxford University, UK.

Introduction: Partisan influence upon Public Policy in Decentralised Polities Do Parties Matter in the German Länder? Education, Family and Childcare, and Labour Market Policies at a Land level The Case of Hesse, 1999-2003 The Saarland, 1999-2004 Saxony Anhalt, 2002-2006 Conclusion Appendix 1: Bibliography Appendix 2: List of Interviews Appendix 3: Commonly Used German Terms and Abbreviations