Fritz W. Scharpf

 

Research Interests

 

• Organisation problems and decision processes in government
 
 

• Multi-level governance in Germany
 
 

• Political economy of inflation and unemployment in Western Europe
 
 

• Federalism and European Integration
 
 

• Applications of game theory
 
 

• Comparative political economy of welfare states
 

 
 
Selected Publications  
 
Community and Autonomy: Institutions, Policies and Legitimacy in Multilevel Europe. Publication Series of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Volume 68. Frankfurt a.M.: Campus 2010. Contents  
Föderalismusreform: Kein Ausweg aus der Politikverflechtungsfalle? Publication Series of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Volume 64. Frankfurt a.M.: Campus 2009. Contents  
Welfare and Work in the Open Economy. Volume I: From Vulnerability to Competitiveness (eds. with Vivien A. Schmidt). Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000. Contents  
Welfare and Work in the Open Economy. Volume II: Diverse Responses to Common Challenges (eds. with Vivien A. Schmidt). Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000. Contents  
Interaktionsformen: Akteurzentrierter Institutionalismus in der Politikforschung. Opladen: Leske + Budrich 2000. Unveränderter Nachdruck: Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2006. (Translation from English by Oliver Treib)  
Contents  
The Viability of Advanced Welfare States in the International Economy: Vulnerabilities and Options. MPIfG Working Paper 99/9. Cologne: Max Planck Institut for the Studies of Societies 1999.  
New Source: Journal of European Public Policy 7(2), 2000, 190−228. PDF  
Regieren in Europa: Effektiv und demokratisch? Series of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Special Edition. Frankfurt a.M./New York: Campus 1999. (Translation from English by Christoph Schmid) [Out of Print] Contents PDF  
Föderale Politikverflechtung: Was muß man ertragen? Was kann man ändern? In: Konrad Morath (ed.), Reform des Föderalismus. Beiträge zu einer gemeinsamen Tagung von Frankfurter Institut und Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln. Bad Homburg: Frankfurter Institut 1999, 23-36.  
 
Games Real Actors Play: Actor-Centered Institutionalism in Policy Research. Boulder/CO/Oxford: Westview Press 1997.  
 
Optionen des Föderalismus in Deutschland und Europa. Frankfurt a.M.: Campus 1994.  
 
Sozialdemokratische Krisenpolitik in Europa. Frankfurt a.M.: Campus 1987.