The European Social Model Under Pressure : Liber Amicorum in Honour of Klaus Armingeon

The European Social Model is at a crossroad. Although from the 1990s onwards, the threat of an imminent crisis shaped much of the rhetoric surrounding the future of the welfare state, disagreement within the academic community remains. What is however increasingly clear is that with the global financial crisis and the Euro crisis that followed it, the challenges the European Social Model faces have become more acute and demand action. This volume launches a multifaceted inquiry into these challenges. Each contribution, written by renowned scholars in their fields, represents an in-depth exploration of issues that cut to the core of current political, economic and social processes. They are an invitation to the seasoned scholars as well as to the beginning students of social sciences, public administration or journalism to engage with, by now, a large body of scholarship, to accompany the authors in their endeavours to seek an explanation to burning questions and start their own inquiries. Contents Transformation of Neo-Corporatism Politics of Welfare State Reform Political Determinants of Socio-Economic Outcomes Democracies in Hard Times Challenges for Europe Target Groups Teachers, researchers and practitioners in the areas of political science, public administration, sociology, economics and journalism The Editors Romana Careja is Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark. Patrick Emmenegger is Professor at the University of St. Gallen. Nathalie Giger is Associate Professor at the University of Geneva Front Matter ....Pages I-X The European social model under pressure: Introduction (Romana Careja, Patrick Emmenegger, Nathalie Giger)....Pages 1-11 Front Matter ....Pages 13-13 Neo-corporatism and the responsiveness of democracy (Marius R. Busemeyer)....Pages 15-31 Social concertation in Europe during the Great Recession: A fsQCA-study of social partner involvement (Benedikt Bender, Bernhard Ebbinghaus)....Pages 33-50 Transformations of Swiss neo-corporatism: From pre-parliamentary negotiations towards privileged pluralism in the parliamentary venue (André Mach, Frédéric Varone, Steven Eichenberger)....Pages 51-68 Aufstieg und Auflösung der Deutschland AG (1896-2010): Unternehmensverflechtung in Deutschland, Frankreich und in den USA (Paul Windolf)....Pages 69-88 State-labour relations in illiberal times: The dissolution of social dialogue in Hungary (Rafael Labanino)....Pages 89-106 Front Matter ....Pages 107-107 Governing elites under pressure: Blame avoidance strategies and welfare state retrenchment (Markus Hinterleitner, Fritz Sager)....Pages 109-122 New evidence on the effect of partisanship on the welfare state (Carsten Jensen, Georg Wenzelburger)....Pages 123-137 The partisan politics of new social risks in advanced postindustrial democracies: Social protection for labor market outsiders (Duane Swank)....Pages 139-157 The politics of shifting burdens: German fiscal welfare corporatism (Christine Trampusch)....Pages 159-176 Social acceleration and social investment (Kees van Kersbergen, Barbara Vis)....Pages 177-191 Social investment, active labour market policies and migration (Giuliano Bonoli)....Pages 193-206 Die sozialpolitischen Folgen des Ersten Weltkriegs: Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz im Vergleich (Herbert Obinger)....Pages 207-227 Front Matter ....Pages 229-229 The varied sources of increasing wage dispersion (Evelyne Huber, John D. Stephens, Kaitlin Alper)....Pages 231-252 Lay explanations for poverty: A multilevel analysis of European public opinion (1976 – 2014) (Lionel Marquis)....Pages 253-275 Risk of technological unemployment and support for redistributive policies (Stefano Sacchi, Dario Guarascio, Silvia Vannutelli)....Pages 277-295 How does working time flexibility affect gender-specific work intentions? (Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen)....Pages 297-312 Soziale Selektivität in der Bildung - kein politisches Problem? (Wolf Linder)....Pages 313-330 Welfare states, demographic transition and immigration policies (Philipp Lutz)....Pages 331-347 Staatstätigkeit in Demokratien und Autokratien: Befunde des internationalen Vergleichs (Manfred G. Schmidt)....Pages 349-362 Front Matter ....Pages 363-363 Polarisierung der Parteiensysteme in Zeiten des Populismus (Uwe Wagschal)....Pages 365-382 Income inequality, status decline and support for the radical right (Sarah Engler, David Weisstanner)....Pages 383-400 Wie „AfD-bewegt“ sind die Gewerkschafter? (Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck)....Pages 401-423 Indirect democracy in EUrope: The challenge of new political parties (Hans Keman)....Pages 425-445 The dilemma between bilateral agreements and immigration control: How would Swiss voters decide? (Pascal Sciarini)....Pages 447-460 Who cares? The limited effect of liberalization on satisfaction with democracy in Europe (Kai Guthmann, Anna Fill)....Pages 461-479 Exit oder Voice? Die Wahlbeteiligung politisch Unzufriedener (Anja Heidelberger, Marlène Gerber, Marc Bühlmann)....Pages 481-500 Policy or Office? The determinants of programmatic change in West European political parties (Reimut Zohlnhöfer, Frank Bandau)....Pages 501-518 Front Matter ....Pages 519-519 Die Politik der inneren Abwertung: Erzwungene Lohnsenkungen und ihre Alternativen (Martin Höpner)....Pages 521-536 The political economy of the German current account surplus (Andreas Busch)....Pages 537-554 Light at the end of the tunnel: Eurozone bailouts and satisfaction with democracy (Frank Schimmelfennig, Dominik Schraff)....Pages 555-566 Eurozone crisis management and the changing nature of the democratic deficit in the European Union (Yannis Papadopoulos)....Pages 567-581 More solidarity than meets the eye? Challenges and prospects for social Europe (Maurizio Ferrera)....Pages 583-598 Das Klima und die EU: Eine Diskursperspektive auf die deutsche und schweizerische Klimapolitik (Marlene Kammerer, Fadri Crameri, Karin Ingold)....Pages 599-623 Back Matter ....Pages 625-633 The European Social Model is at a crossroad. Although from the 1990s onwards, the threat of an imminent crisis shaped much of the rhetoric surrounding the future of the welfare state, disagreement within the academic community remains. What is however increasingly clear is that with the global financial crisis and the Euro crisis that followed it, the challenges the European Social Model faces have become more acute and demand action. This volume launches a multifaceted inquiry into these challenges. Each contribution, written by renowned scholars in their fields, represents an in-depth exploration of issues that cut to the core of current political, economic and social processes. They are an invitation to the seasoned scholars as well as to the beginning students of social sciences, public administration or journalism to engage with, by now, a large body of scholarship, to accompany the authors in their endeavours to seek an explanation to burning questions and start their own inquiries. -- Provided by publisher