Kohl'sWendepolitikafter a decade

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After ten years, the Christian‐Liberal agenda of market liberalisation and deregulation has been only partially realised. Reforms have been constrained by the institutional context of policy‐making, in which policy outputs take the form of bargained compromises and radical policy changes are discouraged. Case studies demonstrate, however, that the constraints operate rather unevenly. Abortive initiatives to reform shopping hours and health insurance show how coalitions of public and private interests can block change. On the other hand, successful reforms in telecommunications and the stock exchange suggest that technological change, international market forces, and European Community initiatives can act as ‘ice‐breakers’ to cut through domestic political inertia. This mixed pattern of policy change is likely to persist in post‐unification Germany. Douglas Webber, European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD), Fontainebleau.

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