Surviving Globalization? Perspectives for the German Economic Model
society, and state (Streeck, 1999; Simonis, 1998). Interspersed between these most commonly named elements are the following: First, the high political integrating force of the German Model after WWII was based on the adoption and transformation of corpor
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Surviving Globalization? Perspectives for the German Economic Model Edited by
Stefan Beck University of Kassel, Germany
Frank Klobes University of Kassel, Germany and
Christoph Scherrer University of Kassel, Germany
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1, Stefan Beck, Frank Klobes & Christoph Scherrer Introduction
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Chapter 2, Christoph Scherrer Can Germany Learn from the USA? Some Theoretical Observations
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Chapter 3, Stefan Beck After the Miracle The Exhaustion of the German Model?
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Chapter 4, Frank Klobes The Dynamics of Industrial Restructuring
Chapter 5, Michael Fichter The German Way Still Treading the Path of Institutionalized Labor Relations?
Chapter 6, Christian Kellermann Disentangling Deutschland AG
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Chapter 7, Kai Mosebach Transforming the Welfare State Continuity and Change in Social Policy since 1998
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Chapter 8, Kai Mosebach Erosion of the Tax Basis Fiscal Policy and International Tax Competition
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Chapter 9, Gülay Ça÷lar European Integration Consequences for the German Model
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Chapter 10, Stefan Beck, Christoph Scherrer Explaining the Dynamics of Red-Green Economic Reforms
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Chapter 11, Stefan Beck, Frank Klobes & Christoph Scherrer Conclusion
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Subject Index
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The financial support of the Hans Böckler Foundation for the German study on the “Future of the German Economy” and the critical input by members of the “Future” working group of the Otto Brenner Foundation are gratefully acknowledged. Special thanks go to Jean Pietrowicz for translating the chapter “Erosion of the Tax Basis” and for her careful correction of all chapters and to Jan Benedix for his careful editing. The Editors
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STEFAN BECK, FRANK KLOBES & CHRISTOPH SCHERRER
INTRODUCTION
When the red-green government and Chancellor Gerhard Schröder came to power in 1998, the future of the German economy seemed very clear. The pressures of globalization and the success of the New Economy gave rise to the conviction, even among Social Democrats, that the institutional structure of the German economy wo
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