Government formation and policy formulation in the German States

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-95

  Däubler, Thomas ^a   Debus, Marc ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coalition agreement; Coalition formation; Content analysis; German multi level system

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; FEDERAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL POLICY; STATE BUILDING; STATE ROLE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 70349982483     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: 17439434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597560802692322     Document Type: Article

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