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Role of Business in the Development of the Welfare State and Labor Markets in Germany

Thomas Paster
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      This book assesses the role of employers in the development of welfare state and labour market institutions. Building on an in-depth analysis of Germany, a market economy known to often provide economic benefits to firms, this book explores one of the most contested issues in the comparative and historical literature on the welfare state.In a departure from existing employer-centered explanations, the author applies new empirical data to contend that the variation in acceptance of social reform depends more on changes in the types of political challenges faced by employers, than on changes in the type of institutions considered economically beneficial. Covering major reforms spanning more than a century of institutional development in unemployment insurance, accident insurance, pensions, collective bargaining, and codetermination, this book argues that employers support social policy as a means to contain political outcomes that would have been worse, including labour unrest and more radical reform plans. Using new and controversial findings on the role of employers in welfare state development, this book considers the conditions for a peaceful coexistence of a generous welfare state and the business world.The Role of Business in the Development of the Welfare State and Labor Markets in Germany will be of interest to students and scholars of welfare and social policy politics, political economy and European politics.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Thomas Paster EAN: 9780415611367 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 620 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-12-13 CITY: GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Germany, Social welfare and social services, Comparative politics, Central / national / federal government policies, Labour / income economics

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      Thomas Paster is a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Cologne, Germany.
      This book assesses the role of employers in the development of welfare state and labour market institutions. Building on an in-depth analysis of Germany, a market economy known to often provide economic benefits to firms, this book explores one of the most contested issues in the comparative and historical literature on the welfare state.In a departure from existing employer-centered explanations, the author applies new empirical data to contend that the variation in acceptance of social reform depends more on changes in the types of political challenges faced by employers, than on changes in the type of institutions considered economically beneficial. Covering major reforms spanning more than a century of institutional development in unemployment insurance, accident insurance, pensions, collective bargaining, and codetermination, this book argues that employers support social policy as a means to contain political outcomes that would have been worse, including labour unrest and more radical reform plans. Using new and controversial findings on the role of employers in welfare state development, this book considers the conditions for a peaceful coexistence of a generous welfare state and the business world.The Role of Business in the Development of the Welfare State and Labor Markets in Germany will be of interest to students and scholars of welfare and social policy politics, political economy and European politics.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Thomas Paster EAN: 9780415611367 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 620 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-12-13 CITY: GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Germany, Social welfare and social services, Comparative politics, Central / national / federal government policies, Labour / income economics

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      Thomas Paster is a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Cologne, Germany.

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