ISBN:
9783642225277
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (319 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
German Social Policy
Parallel Title:
Print version The Rise and Fall of a Socialist Welfare State : The German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) and German Unification (1989-1994)
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Written by, respectively, a distinguished political analyst and a historian, this detailed analysis of social policy in the German Democratic Republic (GDR, 1949-1990), is followed by a study of the transformation of social policy during German reunification
Description / Table of Contents:
The Rise and Fall of a Socialist Welfare State; The German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) and German Unification (1989-1994); Preface to the Book Series "German Social Policy"; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Nation State and Social Policy: An Ideational and Political History; 1 The Distinction ``State Versus Society´´; 2 ``The Social´´; 3 Variations of Modern Society: Distinguishing Welfare States and Non-Welfare States; 4 Variations of the Welfare State: The Idiosyncrasy of National ``State Traditions´´; 5 Post-War German Social Policy in Retrospect: The Genesis of a Welfare State
Description / Table of Contents:
6 What Future for the Social?References; Social Policy in the German Democratic Republic; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Political and Economic Structures of the German Democratic Republic; 1.2 Social Policy GDR Style; 1.3 Research Questions, Data Base, and Theoretical Frame of Reference; 1.4 Structure of this Chapter; 2 Socialist Social Policy; 2.1 Integrative Functions of Social Policy; 2.2 Politico-Ideological Aversions; 2.3 The Upgrading of Social Policy as of the 1960s; 2.4 Social Policy and the ``Work Society´´; 2.5 Socialist Social Policy; 2.6 Social Policy´s Contribution to the Class Struggle
Description / Table of Contents:
2.7 Great Expectations of Social Policy: Recruiting Followers, Attracting Confederates, and Conferring Legitimacy2.8 Constitutional Foundations of East German Social Policy; 3 The Institutions of Social Policy in the GDR; 3.1 The First Ring: The Right to Work; 3.2 The Second Ring: Social Insurance of Workers and Salaried Employees and Social Insurance with the GDR´s State Insurance; 3.3 The Third Ring: Social Policy for the Sphere of Reproduction-Subsidies for Basic Goods and Services, Support for Families, Working Mothers, and Single Mothers, and Housing Policy
Description / Table of Contents:
3.4 The Fourth Ring: The Company-Based Welfare State3.5 The Fifth Ring: Supplementary Old-Age Pension Systems, Special Pension Schemes, and ``Honorary Pensions´´; 4 The Politics of Social Policy Under the Socialist Regime; 4.1 Great Latitude of the Political Leadership and High Levels of Politico-Administrative Fragmentation; 4.2 Segmentation of the East German Welfare State; 4.3 Authoritarian Corporatism in the GDR; 4.4 The Politburo: Hub of the Decision-Making Process; 4.5 Restrictions: Foreign Control and the Enduring Repercussions of 17 June 1953
Description / Table of Contents:
5 The Welfare State as a Political Process: From Ulbricht to Honecker to German Unification5.1 Disequilibrium Between Economic Performance and Social Policy; 5.1.1 Social Policy of the 1950s and Early 1960s: Priority on Capital Investments and Social Investments; 5.1.2 Subordinate Social Consumption and Low Retirement Pensions; 5.1.3 Revaluation of Consumption-Oriented Social Policy; 5.2 Social Policy After the Change in Power from Ulbricht to Honecker; 5.2.1 Revaluation of Social Policy: Discontinuity and Continuity; 5.2.2 Unity of Economic and Social Policy
Description / Table of Contents:
5.2.3 Interim Appraisal: Results of Social Policy in the 1970s
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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