1st Edition
The Politics of Welfare State Transformation in Germany Still a Semi-Sovereign State?
1: Introduction: The Politics of Welfare State Transformation in Germany Part I: Analyzing Welfare State Change Chapter 2: Understanding Institutional Reform in the Welfare-Work Nexus Chapter 3: Explaining Social Policy Regime Change: The Range of Approaches Chapter 4: The Missing Link: Bringing the State Back In Part II: Welfare State Transformation in Germany Chapter 5: Full Male Employment and Familialism in Decline, Austerity on the Rise Chapter 6: From Conservatism towards a New Work-First Model Part III: Three Policy Making Episodes in German Labour Market Policy Chapter 7: Dualization and Drift by Consensus 1980 - 1992 Chapter 8: Symbolic Adjustment through Institutional Layering 1993 – 2000 Chapter 9: Conversion and Displacement through Active Policy Making 2001 – 2010 Chapter 10: Conclusion: The Role of the State in Welfare State Reform (Research)
Biography
Christof Schiller is a Fellow at the Potsdam Center for Policy and Management at the University of Potsdam, Germany.
"Based on sophisticated theoretical reasoning and careful empirical analysis covering a period of 30 years, this book makes the strong case that Germany no longer represents a conservative but rather a ‘work-first’ welfare state. Schiller’s intriguing thesis of such a regime change is well-argued and is bound to become a major contribution to the debate about the causes, and the consequences, of reforming key social policy programmes in advanced welfare states." - Jochen Clasen, University of Edinburgh, UK.
"Schiller tackles up front two major issues within the current welfare state literature: how to measure policy change and how to enact institutional change. He demonstrates how the politico-administrative system successfully facilitated a profound transformation of the German welfare state over the past thirty years. This is a must read for anyone interested in the role of core executive in welfare state reform, the conceptualisation of policy change and the future of the German welfare state." - Patrik Marier, Concordia University, Canada.
