TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stiller,Sabina
TI  - Ideational Leadership in German Welfare State Reform
T2  - Changing Welfare States
PY  - 2009///
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
KW  - Bestuurskunde
KW  - Public Administration
KW  - Sociologie
KW  - Sociology
N2  - The author of this innovative study argues that key politicians and their policy ideas, through ideational leadership, have played an important role in the passing of structural reforms in the change-resistant German welfare state. This argument is based on in-depth case studies of individual reforms in health care, pensions and unemployment insurance since the early 1990s as well as a concise analysis of recent changes in family policy. Stiller concludes that Germany, traditionally a Bismarckian welfare state, has embarked on a path of 'hybridisation' that confronts German politics with growing societal divisions. This thought-provoking title is highly recommended for policymakers, scholars and students interested in the past and future reforms of the German welfare state, leadership, and the role of ideas in policymaking
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/34968/1/341460.pdfhttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/34968
ER  -