German federalism in transition : reforms in a consensual state / edited by Carolyn Moore and Wade Jacoby.

"This book was published as a special issue of German Politics"--P. i.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents: 1. Introduction: German Federalism in Transition? -- Carolyn Moore, Wade Jacoby and Arthur B. Gunlicks Section I: Reform Round 1 of German Federalism 2. A More Efficient and Accountable Federalism? An Analysis of the Consequences of Germany's 2006 Constitutional Reform -- Simone Burkhart, Philip Manow and Daniel Ziblatt 3. A Successful Failure? The Contested Implications of Germany's Federal Reforms -- Marcus Horeth 4. Still No Exit from the Joint Decision Trap: The German Federal Reform(s) -- Katrin Auel 5. From Joint Decision Traps to Over-regulated Federalism: Adverse Effects of a Successful Constitutional Reform -- Arthur Benz Section II: Fiscal Federalism and Reform -- Round 2 6. Fiscal Federalism in Germany: Problems, Proposals and Chances for Fundamental Reforms -- Beate Jochimsen 7. An End to the Reform Logjam? The Reform of German Federalism and Economic Policy-Making -- Reimut Zohlnhofer 8. Public Attitudes towards German Federalism: A point of Departure for Reform of German (Fiscal) Federalism? Differences between Public Opinion and the Political Debate -- Ole Wintermann, Thiess Petersen and Henrik Scheller 9. Side Payments over Solidarity: Financing the Poor Cousins in Germany and the EU -- Wade Jacoby Section III: A Wider View 10. Disentangling Double 'Politikverflechtung'? The Implications of the Federal Reforms for Bund-Lander Relations on Europe -- Carolyn Moore and Annegret Eppler 11. Community, Diversity and Autonomy: The Challenges of Reforming German Federalism -- Fritz W. Scharpf 12. Groundhog Day: The Non-Reform of German Federalism, Again -- Charlie Jeffery.