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Author Stiller, Sabina.

Title Ideational leadership in German welfare state reform : how politicians and policy ideas transform resilient institutions / Sabina Stiller.

Publication Info. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (253 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome.
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Series Changing welfare states
Changing welfare states.
Summary The author of this 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Ideational Leadership: Key to Overcoming Welfare State Resistance to Change -- A Bird's-Eye View of the German Welfare State -- Transformation of Health Care Policy? The Legacy of Minister Seehofer -- Transforming Public Pensions: the Riester Pension Reform -- Transforming Unemployment Policy: The Hartz IV Reform -- Conclusion -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Interviewees -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Subject Welfare state -- Germany.
Welfare state.
Germany.
Public welfare -- Germany.
Public welfare.
Family policy -- Germany.
Family policy.
Germany -- Social policy.
Social policy.
Germany -- Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Indexed Term Public administration
Sociology
welvaartsstaat
welfare state
sociaal welzijn
social welfare
gezinnen
families
sociaal beleid
social policy
leiderschap
leadership
overheidsbeleid
government policy
duitsland
germany
weerstand tegen verandering
resistance to change
sociale verandering
social change
Government Policy
Overheidsbeleid
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Stiller, Sabina. Ideational leadership in German welfare state reform. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2010 9789089641861 (OCoLC)549149905
ISBN 9789048511747 (electronic book)
9048511747 (electronic book)
9789089641861
9089641866
Standard No. 9786612591839