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@article{ Dostal2012, title = {The German Political Economy Between Deregulation and Re-regulation: Party Discourses on Minimum Wage Policies}, author = {Dostal, Jörg Michael}, journal = {The Korean Journal of Policy Studies}, number = {2}, pages = {91-120}, volume = {27}, year = {2012}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55587-2}, abstract = {In the German political economy of the early 21st century, labor market policymaking has shifted toward deregulation and liberalization. In particular, the so-called Hartz labor market reforms of the Social Democratic Party and Green Party government, introduced in 2002 and 2003, pushed for employment growth in low-wage and deregulated employment sectors. This article focuses on one of the key debates triggered by Germany’s labor market deregulation after 2002, namely whether the introduction of a statutory minimum wage is required to re-regulate the country’s labor market. Based on interviews with members of the five political parties in the German federal parliament and analysis of each party’s policy-making discourses over time (2002-2012), the article suggests that the deregulation of the last decade has triggered demand for new policies of reregulation. This would include the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany at some future point in time. However, such re-regulation does not question earlier labor market liberalization but serves as a political side-payment to ingrain the shift of the German political economy toward a more liberal regime.}, keywords = {Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; Marktwirtschaft; market economy; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; labor market policy; Hartz-Reform; Hartz-Reform; Liberalisierung; liberalization; Deregulierung; deregulation; Beschäftigungspolitik; employment policy; Niedrigeinkommen; low income; Mindestlohn; minimum wage; Tarifvertrag; collective agreement; Kollektivverhandlung; collective bargaining; Lohnpolitik; wage policy; Arbeitsplatzsicherung; job security; Gewerkschaftspolitik; trade union policy; Arbeitnehmervertretung; workers' representation}}