Politics of Welfare State Transformation in Germany

Name: Politics of Welfare State Transformation in Germany
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Politics of Welfare State Transformation in GermanyStill a Semi-Sovereign State?\nAuthor(s): Christof Schiller\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138488205, 978-1138488205\nSynopsis\nHow can we best analyse contemporary welfare state change? And how can we explain and understand the politics of it? This book contributes to these questions both empirically and theoretically by concentrating on one of the least likely cases for welfare state transformation in Europe. It analyzes in detail how and why institutional change has taken Germanys welfare state from a conservative towards a new work-first regime.\n\nChristof Schiller introduces a novel analytical framework to make sense of the politics of welfare state transformation by providing the missing link: the capacity of the core executive over time. Examining the policy making process in labour market policy in the period between 1980 and 2010, he identifies t.