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The Dual Transformation of the German Welfare State

Palgrave Macmillan

Authors:

  1. Peter Bleses

    1. Law Department, University of Oldenburg, Germany

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  2. Martin Seeleib-Kaiser

    1. Centre for Social Policy Research, Bremen University, Germany

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Part of the book series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies (NPG)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Peter Bleses, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser
      Pages 1-5

  3. The Policy Dimension

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Evaluating Policy Change: Some Theoretical and Methodological Remarks

      • Peter Bleses, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser
      Pages 9-13

    4. Socio-economic Developments since the Mid-1970s

      • Peter Bleses, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser
      Pages 29-39

    5. The Changing Normative and Institutional Design of Social Policy

      • Peter Bleses, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser
      Pages 40-93

  4. The Political Dimension

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Theories Explaining Welfare State Change

      • Peter Bleses, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser
      Pages 97-113

    3. Changing Interpretative Patterns

      • Peter Bleses, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser
      Pages 114-141

  5. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Can Germany still be Considered a Conservative Welfare State?

      • Peter Bleses, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser
      Pages 145-154

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 155-192
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About this book

This book breaks new intellectual ground in the analysis of the German welfare state. Bleses and Seeleib-Kaiser argue that we are witnessing a dual transformation of the welfare state, which is caused by the emergence of new dominating interpretative patterns. Increasingly, the state reduces its social policy commitments towards securing the achieved living standard of former wage earners, which in the past had been the key normative principle of social policy in Germany, while at the same time public support and services for families are expanded.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Law Department, University of Oldenburg, Germany

    Peter Bleses

  • Centre for Social Policy Research, Bremen University, Germany

    Martin Seeleib-Kaiser

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About the authors

Author Martin Seeleib-Kaiser: Martin Seeleib-Kaiser is Professor in Comparative Social Policy and Politics, University of Oxford, UK.
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