Transformation of Social Market Economy in Germany ---Perspectives from Globalization and Comparative Political Economy

1.本研究的初衷是从政治经济学的角度分析德国社会市场经济的历史发展，以及20世纪90年代以来在全球化的冲击下德国社会市场经济的演变过程。正如施罗德政府2010年议程所表明的那样，“结构性改革”的规模变得更大了。另一方面，由于第二次世界大战以来最糟糕的失业记录(超过500万人)，通过改变公司税制对就业政策的影响相当不确定。3.为了应对这些持续的变化，我们从三个方面战略性地调整了研究计划。首先，我们把不能参加这项研究的年轻研究人员带到了对2010年议程的仔细审查中。在分析了每个政策领域的改革目标和内容之后，又分析了综合所有相关领域的更广泛的愿景。其次，为了为理解这些变化奠定具体的基础，我们研究了德国的外部因素对德国的影响。与欧盟的关系)和内部因素(如：欧盟)领导力问题)。最后，对于德国通过当前的改革是否改变或放弃了其社会市场经济这一核心研究问题，我们通过跟踪其发展来追寻这一问题。4.我们的调查人员之一Yuka MOToda在她的全职讲师任期届满后失去了我们研究团队的成员资格。然而，通过她在21世纪COE计划下的特聘讲师资格，她立即有资格成为科学研究补助金的调查员，该计划题为《先进国家的政策体系的发明》。因此，我们保留了她作为我们团队调查员的名字，并在下面列出了她的文章。

1.This research originally aimed to tackle two tasks to investigate transformation of social market economy in Germany : to analyze its historical development from the political economy perspective, and to study its process under the impact of globalization since the 1990s.2.However, Germany has been through many changes since the inception of the research. As Agenda 2010 of Schroeder Government suggests, the scale of 'structural reform' has become much larger. On the other hand, the impact of employment policy through the change of corporate tax system is quite uncertain due to the worst unemployment record (more than 5 million) since the World War II.3.To cope with these on-going changes, we strategically adjusted the research plan in three ways. Firstly, we brought young researchers who could not join this research into the close examination of Agenda 2010. The analysis of the aims and contents of reform in each policy area was followed by the analysis of wider vision which integrated all the related areas. Secondly, to establish the concrete base for understanding of these changes, we studied the impact on Germany of its external factors (eg.) its relationship with EU) and internal factors (eg.) the issue of leadership). Finally, as to the core research question of whether Germany has transformed or abandoned its social market economy through the current reform, we pursue it by following up its development.4.Yuka MOTODA, one of our investigators, lost the membership of our research team when her term as a full-time lecturer expired. However, she was immediately qualified as an investigator for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research through her specially appointed lectureship under the 21^<st> century COE program entitled 'Invention of Policy System in Advanced Countries'. We thus remain her name as an investigator of our team and list her articles below.