The Politics of Labour Market Reforms and Social Citizenship in Germany

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6407609
AutoresTimo Fleckenstein (0000-0002-0154-7644, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen35
Número4
Páginas847-868
Fecha de publicación2012-07-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402382.2012.682348
OpenAlexW2012710531
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas50

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 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

Alliance · Citizenship · Economic growth · Economics · German · Government (linguistics · Labour economics · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scrutiny · Social citizenship · Unemployment · Welfare · Welfare state · Workfare · European Union Policy and Governance · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies