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West Germany: The Policy of the Middle Way

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  • Schmidt, Manfred G.

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This article focuses attention on the distinctive characteristics of economic and social policy in West Germany during the last four decades. It will be argued, that the distinctiveness of state intervention in West Germany resides in a combination of policies of conversative-reformist, liberal and social democratic complexion. The policy of the middle way which results from this combination differs from the extreme poles that are marked by the model of Social-Democratic welfare capitalism on the one hand and market capitalism on the other, but it also comprises elements of both types of political economies. The emergence and the maintenance of the policy of the middle way can largely be attributed to distinctive characteristics of the policy process, and of processes of learning from historical catastrophes.

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  • Schmidt, Manfred G., 1987. "West Germany: The Policy of the Middle Way," Journal of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(2), pages 135-177, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jnlpup:v:7:y:1987:i:02:p:135-177_00
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    1. Schmidt, Manfred G., 2001. "Parteien und Staatstätigkeit," Working papers of the ZeS 02/2001, University of Bremen, Centre for Social Policy Research (ZeS).
    2. Kern, Kristine & Koenen, Stephanie & Löffelsend, Tina, 2003. "Die Umweltpolitik der rot-grünen Koalition: Strategien zwischen nationaler Pfadabhängigkeit und globaler Politikkonvergenz," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Civil Society and Transnational Networks SP IV 2003-103, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    3. Karen M. Anderson, 2015. "The politics of incremental change: institutional change in old-age pensions and health care in Germany [Die Politik der schrittweisen Veränderung: Institutioneller Wandel bei Altersrenten und Gesu," Journal for Labour Market Research, Springer;Institute for Employment Research/ Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), vol. 48(2), pages 113-131, August.
    4. Höpner, Martin & Baccaro, Lucio, 2022. "Das deutsche Wachstumsmodell, 1991-2019," MPIfG Discussion Paper 22/9, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    5. Schmidt, Manfred G., 1999. "Die Europäisierung der öffentlichen Aufgaben," Working papers of the ZeS 03/1999, University of Bremen, Centre for Social Policy Research (ZeS).

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