Christian and Social Democratic parties have been the driving force behind welfare state developments post-WWII. This valuable book investigates whether continued party differences have contributed significantly to the design of social welfare in three conservative welfare states, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands, since the mid-1970s. Rather than assuming continued differences or convergence between parties, the primary focus is to empirically analyze party positions with regard to employment and labour market policies, social security, and family policies as well as the implemented policies themselves. The analysis demonstrates how changed interpretative patterns have led to a programmatic convergence amongst Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, largely resulting in a liberal-communitarian approach to the development of social welfare policies. Providing a comprehensive approach to welfare state analysis and scrutinizing the policy domains of employment, social security and family policies, this book will be of great interest to political scientists and sociologists interested in welfare state developments. It will also appeal to lecturers and postgraduate students in (comparative) social policy.

The Maastricht Treaty of 1992 introduced the right to free movement for EU citizens. Despite this, in practice there are still substantial barriers to securing these freedoms. EU Citizenship and Social Rights discusses and analyses those legal and practical barriers preventing inter-European migrants from integrating into new host countries. Providing analysis of the development of EU social policy, this book highlights the disparate roles of the EU as a whole and of Member States in determining social rights and outcomes. In particular the issues of social assistance, housing benefits, study grants and health care are examined. In addition, the authors discuss the discrepancy between the social rights granted to workers and social rights granted to non-worker migrants, as well as the barriers facing minority groups like the Roma, which highlight issues in the development of EU social policy for migrants. This book will be a vital resource for students of European law as well as public and social policy. EU policy makers will also benefit from reading this, with its practical and theoretical suggestions for ways in which social policies may be amended to the benefit of EU citizens. Contributors include:; N. Absenger, F. Blank, P. Brown, C. Bruzelius, H. Dean, K. Hylten-Cavallius, C. Jacqueson, P. Martin, F. Pennings, P. Phoa, L. Scullion, M. Seeleib-Kaiser, S. Stendahl, O. Swedrup, A.M. Swiatkowski, M. Wujczyk

Christian and Social Democratic parties have been the driving force behind welfare state developments post-WWII. This valuable book investigates whether continued party differences have contributed significantly to the design of social welfare in three conservative welfare states, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands, since the mid-1970s. Rather than assuming continued differences or convergence between parties, the primary focus is to empirically analyze party positions with regard to employment and labour market policies, social security, and family policies as well as the implemented policies themselves. The analysis demonstrates how changed interpretative patterns have led to a programmatic convergence amongst Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, largely resulting in a liberal-communitarian approach to the development of social welfare policies. Providing a comprehensive approach to welfare state analysis and scrutinizing the policy domains of employment, social security and family policies, this book will be of great interest to political scientists and sociologists interested in welfare state developments. It will also appeal to lecturers and postgraduate students in (comparative) social policy.

This edition presents an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship over the past 12 months, from a group of internationally renowned authors. This collection offers a comprehensive discussion of some of the most challenging issues facing social policy today, including an examination of Brexit, the Trump presidency, 'post-truth', migration, the lived experiences of food bank users, and the future of welfare benefits. Published in association with the SPA, the volume will be valuable to academics and students within social policy, social welfare and related disciplines.

Keine sozialwissenschaftliche Arbeit ist ohne die Kooperation von Freun den, Wissenschaftlem, Bibliothekaren und Archivaren moglich; ihnen al len gilt mein Dank. Besonders zu danken habe ich Heem Prof. Dr.Dieter Grosser, der dieses Dissertationsprojekt an seinem Lehrstuhl am Geschwi ster-Scholl-Institut in Munchen ermoglicht hat. Nicht minderer Dank gilt Heem PO Dr. Hartmut Keil vom Amerika-Institut der Ludwig-Maximi lians-Universitat flir seine kritischen Anregungen. Toshio Tatara, Leiter der Forschungsabteilung bei der American Public Welfare Association, stand mir wahrend meiner Forschungsaufenthalte in den USA stets als kritischer Gesprachspartner zur Verfligung. Femer ermoglichte er es mir, in seiner Abteilung ein dreimonatiges Praktikum zu absolvieren, das mir bei der Recherche flir die vorliegende Dissertation sehr hilfreich war. Bard Shollenberger -ebenfalls von der American Public Welfare Asso ciation -danke ich herzlich flir die Zurverfiigungstellung des von ihm ge sammelten reichbaltigen Quellenmaterials sowie fur seine Gastfreund schaft. Des weiteren richtet sich mein Dank an Robert Myers, Robert Carleson und Ron Haskins, die mir Teile ihrer personlichen Unterlagen flir diese Arbeit zuganglich machten. Pruda L. Lood danke ich fur den Zugang zu der Ronald Reagan Collection in den Archiven der Hoover lnstitution."

Die Sozial- und Wirtschaftspolitik der rot-grunen Bundesregierung ist ein in der OEffentlichkeit vieldiskutiertes, in der Forschung jedoch bislang kaum untersuchtes Thema. Der vorliegende Sammelband legt eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme der Wirtschafts- und Sozialpolitik nach funfjahriger rot-gruner Regierungszeit vor. Gefragt wird nach Kontinuitat und Wandel in Programmatik und umgesetzten Massnahmen in der Sozial- und Wirtschaftspolitik von Rot-Grun im Vergleich zur Regierung Kohl. Der Band teilt sich in drei Teile: Im ersten Teil werden theoretisch die Dimension von Kontinuitat und Wandel sowie die Rahmenbedingungen bestimmt. Des Weiteren wird ein UEberblick der sozial-demokratischen (und grunen) Programmdebatten gegeben. Die Autorinnen und Autoren des zweiten Teils analysieren die unterschiedlichen Politikbereiche. Der dritte Teil wendet sich schliesslich "neuen" Akteuren und Entscheidungsmustern jenseits der formalen politischen Institutionen in der Wirtschafts- und Sozialpolitik zu.