Origins of the German Welfare State - Social Policy in Germany to 1945

This book traces the origins of the German welfare state. The author, formerly director at the Max-Planck-Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt, provides a perceptive overview of the history of social security and social welfare in Germany from early modern times to the end of World War II, including Bismarck s pioneering introduction of social insurance in the 1880s. The author unravels layers of social security that have piled up in the course of history and, so he argues, still linger in the present-day welfare state. The account begins with the first efforts by public authorities to regulate poverty and then proceeds to the social question that arose during the 19th-century Industrial Revolution. World War I had a major impact on the development of social security, both during the war and after, through the exigencies of the war economy, inflation and unemployment. The ruptures as well as the continuities of social policy under National Socialism and World War II are also investigated.

List of contents

L. Leisering: Introduction.- M. Stolleis: Historical Foundations - Social Policy in Germany to 1945: Introduction.- Social Protection in the Middle Ages and in the Early Modern State: Alms, Poor Relief, Care, Social Help.- Social Policy in the German Empire: the Insurance Solution.- The First World War.- The Weimar Republic.- The Nazi State.- Long-Term Perspectives and Social Protection.

About the author

Michael Stolleis, geboren 1941, Balzan-Preisträger 2000, ist seit 1975 Professor für Öffentliches Recht, Neuere Rechtsgeschichte und Kirchengeschichte an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a. M. und seit 1991 Direktor am dortigen Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Stolleis
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Original title: Geschichte der Sozialpolitik in Deutschland seit 1945, Band 1: Grundlagen der Sozialpolitik
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9783642435751
• ISBN: 978-3-642-43575-1
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 11 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 312 g
• Illustrations: XII, 188 p.
• Series: German Social Policy; German Social Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Political sociology; B, History, Political Science, Social Policy, Social & ethical issues, Political science & theory, Historiography, Economics and Finance, Labour Law/Social Law, Management science, History, general, Employment & labour law: general, Labor law, Social law & Medical law