Bulletin n. 1/2016
June 2016
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Reus Iris
    On a Successful Road to ‘More Federalism’ in Länder Politics? The Case of Smoking Bans after Germany's Federalism Reform
    in German Politics , Volume 25, Issue 2, Special Issue: Reframing German Federalism ,  2016 ,  210-226
    The Federalism Reform I of 2006 was aimed at reversing interlocked policy making and thereby transferred 16 legislative competences to the Länder to provide them with more autonomy. Yet, the impact of the reform depends primarily on the way the Länder actually make use of these new competences. This contribution examines ensuing Länder legislation using the case of the protection of non-smokers. With regard to the question of ‘uniformity vs diversity’, the analysis of laws shows that alongside great uniformity in principle there are considerable differences concerning the arrangements in detail. The analysis of the legislation processes shows that only part of the uniformity is caused by the intention of harmonisation. Instead, it was the convergent development of public opinion in the Länder that led the legislation in the same direction. To some extent therefore, while autonomous Land legislation took place concerning the processes, it resulted in uniformity.
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