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Record Nr.

UNISA996199483103316

Autore

Stiller Sabina

Titolo

Ideational leadership in German welfare state reform [[electronic resource] ] : how politicians and policy ideas transform resilient institutions / / Sabina Stiller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, : Pallas, c2010

ISBN

1-282-59183-5

9786612591839

90-485-1174-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Changing welfare states

Disciplina

301

350

Soggetti

Social security - Government policy - Germany

Policy sciences

Germany Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Ideational Leadership: Key to Overcoming Welfare State Resistance to Change; 3. A Bird's-Eye View of the German Welfare State; 4. Transformation of Health Care Policy? The Legacy of Minister Seehofer; 5. Transforming Public Pensions: the Riester Pension Reform; 6. Transforming Unemployment Policy: The Hartz IV Reform; 7. Conclusion; List of Abbreviations; List of Interviewees; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How do major reforms occur in notoriously resilient welfare states?