Social Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany - The Constitution of the Social

This book investigates the history of the post-war welfare state in Germany and its normative foundations, with special emphasis on constitutional issues. The author, formerly Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Social Law, Munich, and President of the Max-Planck-Society, argues that social policy not only in Germany is about struggles over the social . The social is an open and changing concept that reflects the modern quest for equality, voiced in semantics like justice, participation, inclusion and security. The social and the social state (the German term for welfare state) are enshrined in the German Constitution of 1949, the Grundgesetz. The book sets out the phases of welfare state development in depth. Social policies are analyzed in view of wider contexts, especially the nation state, the rule of law (Rechtsstaat), federalism and democracy. The author emphasizes the dialectics between the national character of the welfare state and its manifold international references.

List of contents

L. Leisering: Introduction.- H. F. Zacher: Social Policy in the FRG - The Constitution of the Social: The "Social" as the Guiding Concept of Politics and Law.- Social Policy and the Social Post-War Germany: a Political and Legal History.- The FRG - a Difficult, Fractured, and Open Nation State.- Where We Stand Today.

About the author

Hans F. Zacher is Director emeritus of the Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Social Law, Munich. He is a former President of the Max-Planck-Society and has been awarded honorary doctorates and prizes. He is also Honorary President of the German Association for Social Law.

Product details

• Authors: Hans F Zacher, Hans F. Zacher
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Original title: Geschichte der Sozialpolitik in Deutschland seit 1945", volume 1: Grundlagen der Sozialpolitik
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9783642431654
• ISBN: 978-3-642-43165-4
• No. of pages: 442
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 692 g
• Illustrations: XVIII, 442 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, Management science, History, general, Constitutional Law, Constitutional & administrative law: general