Surveying the welfare state: challenges, policy development and causes of resilience

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1     Introduction...............................................................................................................5

2     The Continental welfare state and its German prototype.....................................6

2.1 Macro-level Characteristics: Wage-Centredness, Familialism,
Securing Former Standard of Living and Corporatism ..........................................6

2.2 Pressures on Contemporary Welfare States............................................................8

2.3 Consequences of Adjustment in Continental Welfare States: ‘Welfare Without
Work’....................................................................................................................11

3 Reacting to Pressures? A Summary of Policy Developments Since the
Mid 1970’s................................................................................................................13

3.1 The Social-Democrat/Liberal Coalition (1969-1982): Expansion and the
Beginning of Consolidation..................................................................................14

3.2 The ‘Era Kohl’ (1982-1998): Consolidation, Expansion and ‘Restructuring’ .....16

3.3 The Red-Green Coalition (1998-2005): Cost-Containment and
Structural Change .................................................................................................19

3.4 General Patterns of Change in Major Programmes ..............................................22

4 Sources of Resilience: the Political-Institutional Context of the
State and Programme-Specific Characteristics....................................................23

4.1     The Political-Institutional Context........................................................................23

4.2    Welfare State Institutions and Policy Legacies ....................................................26

5     Conclusion................................................................................................................31

6     References ................................................................................................................34

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