last years. The paper summarizes major reform dynamics in Bismarckian welfare states which had adopted a strategy of labor …

enlargement, migration, and the new EU constitution -- Rethinking the welfare state : a reform program …

policymakers to maintain the reform course in labor market policy. The experts warn not to jeopardize the clearly positive effects … of the recent reform efforts. The "Petersberg Declaration" also proposes an economic orientation of German immigration …

This paper assesses the existence and the extent of austerity‐oriented policies in Germany in the aftermath of the 2008 … readjustment', we do not see austerity policies in Germany, rather a continuation of the path that was adopted earlier. This can be …

Redesigning the Welfare State argues that the current high level of unemployment in Germany not only creates a major … interest in applied work and policy advising in Germany. It will also appeal to decision makers and experts at international … organisations and think tanks with a specialisation on Europe and Germany. …