Turner, Edward <br/><br/>
Political parties and public policy in the German länder :  when parties matter / 
Ed Turner 
 - New York :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2011 
 - vii, 263 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Partisan influence upon public policy in decentralised polities -- Do parties matter in the German lander? theoretical and practical challenges, past attempts at exploration, and a new approach -- Contemporary German federalism -- Education, family and childcare, and labour market policies at a land level -- The case of Hesse 1999-2003 -- The Saarland 1999-2004 -- Saxony Anhalt 2002-2006 -- Conclusion 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780230284425 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political parties--States--Germany<br/>Political planning--States--Germany<br/>Political parties--States--Germany--Case studies<br/>Political planning--States--Germany--Case studies<br/>State governments--Germany