When Parties Matter looks at the extent to which political parties can make a difference to public policy, focusing on the regional level in Germany. Politicians of the left and the right sometimes have radically different views, but inevitably the combin
Introduction: Partisan influence upon Public Policy in Decentralised Polities Do Parties Matter in the German Lander? Education, Family and Childcare, and Labour Market Policies at a Land level The Case of Hesse, 1999-2003 The Saarland, 1999-2004 Sa