KNUTH, Matthias <br/><br/>
Path shifting and path dependence :  labor market policy reforms under german federalism 

 - Philadelphia :  Routledge,  October 2009 
<br/><br/> Previously a laggard in labour market policy reforms, Germany has combined a fundamental change of its benefit system with a reorganization of its employment services since 2005. The reform has resulted in a hitherto unresolved constitutional dispute that calls the "joined-up" governance of employment and municipal welfare services into question. The article endeavors to explain this outcome and the reform's uncertain destiny in terms of a dynamic version of path dependence theory.