Recent interim evaluations of the joint federal-Länder programme Social City give rather cautious assessments on the objects of budget pooling and cross-sectoral co-operation. The article argues that the programme is institutionally overdetermined
As part of a scientific conference in april 2004 which aimed at a critical appraisal of the concepts and recipes of the programme Social City, six experts from policy practice discussed the presented findings and empirical studies. Focal points were