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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