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The book traces the political history of the concept of social policy. "Social policy" originated in Germany in the mid 19th century as a scholarly term that made a career in politics. The term became more prominent only after World War II. Kaufmann, the doyen of the sociology of social policy in Germany, argues that "social policy" responds to the modern disjunction between "state" and "society" diagnosed by the German philosopher Hegel. Hegel's disciple Lorenz von Stein saw social policy as a means to pacify the capitalist class conflict. After World War II, social policy expanded in an unprecedented way, changing its character in the process. Social policy turned from class politics into a policy for the whole population, with new concepts - like "social security", "redistribution" and "quality of life" - and new overarching formulas, "social market economy" and "social state" (the German version of "welfare state"). Both formulas have remained indeterminate and contested, indicating the inherent openness of the idea of the "social".
Sommario
Introduction to the English Edition (Lutz Leisering).- Thinking about Social Policy The German Tradition (Franz-Xaver Kaufmann).- Historical and Legal Foundations Social Policy in Germany before 1945 (Michael Stolleis).- The Constitution of the Social - Social Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany (Hans F. Zacher).- A Socialist Workfare State - Social Policy in the German Democratic Republic (Manfred G. Schmidt).- German Unification and Social Policy (Gerhard A. Ritter).-The German Social State in Comparative Perspective (Franz-Xaver Kaufmann)
Info autore
Franz-Xaver Kaufmann, geb. 1932, em. Prof. für Sozialpolitik und Soziologie an der Universität Bielefeld. Von 1979 bis 1983 Direktor am Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung der Universität Bielefeld, von 1980 bis 1992 am von ihm gegründeten Institut für Bevölkerungspolitik. Forschungsschwerpunkte u.a. Religionssoziologie; Mitherausgeber von "Christlicher Glaube in moderner Gesellschaft" (Herder).
Gerhard A. Ritter ist Prof. em. für Neuere und Neueste Geschichte an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Von 1976 bis 1980 war er Vorsitzender des Verbandes der Historiker Deutschlands. Er ist Honorary Fellow des St. Antony's College Oxford sowie korrespondierendes Mitglied der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 2007 erhielt er den "Preis des Historischen Kollegs".
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.
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.
Riassunto
The book traces the political history of the concept of social policy. „Social policy“ originated in Germany in the mid 19th century as a scholarly term that made a career in politics. The term became more prominent only after World War II. Kaufmann, the doyen of the sociology of social policy in Germany, argues that „social policy“ responds to the modern disjunction between “state” and “society” diagnosed by the German philosopher Hegel. Hegel’s disciple Lorenz von Stein saw social policy as a means to pacify the capitalist class conflict. After World War II, social policy expanded in an unprecedented way, changing its character in the process. Social policy turned from class politics into a policy for the whole population, with new concepts – like "social security", "redistribution" and "quality of life" - and new overarching formulas, "social market economy" and "social state" (the German version of “welfare state”). Both formulas have remained indeterminate and contested, indicating the inherent openness of the idea of the “social”.
