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

1.本研究的初衷是考察德国社会市场经济转型的两个任务：从政治经济学的角度分析其历史发展，以及研究20世纪90年代以来在全球化冲击下的转型过程。正如施罗德政府2010年议程所建议的那样，“结构改革”的规模变得更大。另一方面，由于第二次世界大战以来最严重的失业记录（超过500万人），通过公司税制的变化对就业政策的影响是相当不确定的。3.为了科普这些持续的变化，我们从三个方面战略性地调整了研究计划。首先，我们邀请了无法参加这项研究的年轻研究人员来仔细研究《2010年议程》。在分析了每个政策领域改革的目标和内容之后，又分析了综合所有相关领域的更广阔的视野。其次，为了给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（如：与欧盟的关系）和内部因素（如）。领导问题）。最后，关于德国通过此次改革，是转变了还是放弃了社会市场经济这一核心研究问题，我们将通过跟踪其发展来进行研究。4.本研究的研究者之一本田由香，在其专职讲师任期结束后，失去了研究小组的成员资格。然而，她立即通过她在21^世纪COE计划下的特别任命讲师资格，成为科学研究补助金的调查员<st>，该计划题为“先进国家政策体系的发明”。因此，我们保留她的名字作为我们团队的调查员，并在下面列出她的文章。

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.