Abstract
There are four shortcomings in the existing OMC literature which will be addressed first in this chapter. Afterwards, the research design of this study will be laid out.
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Other examples of theory driven variables for empirical research include Friedrich 2007; Radulova 2007; Steffek and Nanz 2007.
For an evaluation of the RMI, see Jamet 2007.
As Silver notes, the law encompasses at least ten spheres: employment, training, social enterprise, social minima, housing, health, education, social services, culture, and “citizenship” (e.g. helping the homeless to vote) (Silver 1998).
Nationaler Armuts-und Reichtumsbericht (NARB), 2001 and 2005, both counting over 350 pages and gathering scientific analyses as well as political advice. Andreß and Kronauer note that the idea to also report on wealth, not only on poverty, met considerable political resistance (Andreß and Kronauer 2006).
Chancelor Schröder, Der Spiegel 21, 21 May 2001, 96–97.
As known, this discursive ambition often is in sharp contrast to the transposition and implementation of EU law in France (Falkner et al. 2005).
Additionally, the strongest French trade union, due to its Marxist tradition, has traditionally opposed the EC to the point of even being excluded from the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) (Rhodes 1999).
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(2008). Research framework. In: Soft Governance in Hard Politics. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-91810-5_3
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