GPS Vol. 6 No. 1

Symposium on Transforming Bismarckian Welfare State - Turning Away From A Defined-Benefit System

Editorial

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Towards Institutional Gridlock? The Limitations of Germany’s Consensus Democracy

(Single Article)

Christian Schweiger

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Introduction: Farewell to Bismarck or Moving Forward back to Bismarck? Transformations of the German Welfare State

Wolfram Lamping

Friedbert W. Rüb

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Activating Labor Market and Social Policies in Germany: From Status Protection to Basic Income Support

Werner Eichhorst

Maria Grienberger-Zingerle

Regina Konle-Seidl

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Health Care Reform in Germany

Thomas Gerlinger

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German Pension Policies: The Transformation of a Defined Benefit System into … What?

Friedbert W. Rüb

Wolfram Lamping

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Implications of the Activation Paradigm on Poverty and Social Exclusion in Germany: Facts, Hypotheses, Uncertainties 

Petra Böhnke

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Farewell to the Family as We Know it: Family Policy Change in Germany

Ilona Ostner

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