... socioeconomic context for functionally feasible Page 5. 140 Fleckenstein and Seeleib-Kaiser Journal of European Social Policy 2011 21(2) employment-oriented family policies (Estevez-Abe, 2005). To provide a more n... more abstract... socioeconomic context for functionally feasible Page 5. 140 Fleckenstein and Seeleib-Kaiser Journal of European Social Policy 2011 21(2) employment-oriented family policies (Estevez-Abe, 2005). To provide a more nuanced ...

Sociology, Political Economy, Welfare State, European Social Policy, and Public Administration and Policy

Publication Date: 2011

Publication Name: Journal of European Social Policy

Welfare State, Government, Politics, Family, Health Policy, and 6 more

Publication Date: 2011

Publication Name: Social Politics

Education, Lifelong Learning, Education Policy, European Union, Policy making, and 4 more

Publication Date: 2008

Publication Name: Journal of Education Policy

Welfare State, Political Science, Institutional Change, Comparative Political Economy, Social Protection, and 3 more

Publication Date: 2011

Publication Name: Comparative Political Studies

Since the second half of the 1990s, German labour market policy has experienced paradigmatic changes, undermining the conservative ideal of preserving social status and maintaining achieved living standards. Reforms c... more abstractSince the second half of the 1990s, German labour market policy has experienced paradigmatic changes, undermining the conservative ideal of preserving social status and maintaining achieved living standards. Reforms carried out by the conservative–liberal government of the 1990s focused largely on workfare measures. This development had its roots in the progressive disintegration of the cross-class alliance of organised business and trade unions that had previously supported Bismarckian unemployment protection. The withdrawal of employers from the conservative welfare state can be related to far-reaching socio-economic changes which were thought to undermine the functional feasibility of the social dimension of the ‘German Model’. Instead of pursuing ‘social democratic’ activation, the Red–Green government (1998–2005) not only continued on the reform trajectory of its predecessor, but accelerated the departure from the established policy path. Understanding the revision of social democratic labour market policy requires scrutiny of both shifts in power and policy learning.

Welfare State, Political Science, Social status, West European Politics, Labour market policy, and 1 more

Publication Date: 2012

Publication Name: West European Politics