The Law of the Activating Welfare State
Author | : Eberhard Eichenhofer |
Publisher | : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2015 |
ISBN-10 | : 3848716895 |
ISBN-13 | : 9783848716890 |
Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Law of the Activating Welfare State written by Eberhard Eichenhofer and published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. This book was released on 2015 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most profound reform of social policy in Germany during the last decade was the labour market reforms 2003/4. It was initiated by a reform commission chaired by Peter Hartz (Volkswagen) and its motifs and results are still controversial till today. This book tries to identify these reforms by illustrating the international and European context. It unveils parallel developments in the Netherlands, Denmark, the United Kingdom and France, and shows to which extent the German reform had been driven and enhanced by the European Employment Strategy. The study is not focusing the details of the reform but its new elements: case, management, conditional social benefits, obligations to cooperate and sanctions. It shows that its leitmotif is not neoliberal but communitarian. --