Table of Contents

1. The origins of the Länder
2.Theory and constitutional framework of German federalism
3. Administrative structures in Germany
4. Land constitutions
5. Financing the federal system
6. German state parliaments
7. The Land parliament disputes
8. Parties and politics in the Länder
9. Elections in the Länder
10. The Länder, the Bundesrat, and the legislative process in Germany and Europe
11. European and foreign policy of the Länder
12. The German model of federalism

About the Author

Arthur Gunlicks is a professor of political science and chair of the department at the University of Richmond, Virginia