Das Umspielen von Veto-Spielern. Wie eine konservative Familienministerin den Familialismus des deutschen Wohlfahrtsstaates unterminiert

Henninger, Annette; Wahl, Angelika von

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“…97 But even some on the right bought the argument that such reform might help raise slumping German birthrates. 98 While the Union did agree to an offsetting benefit for stay at home mothers, that concession did not detract from the CDU paradigm shift, away from the 'traditional familialism of the German welfare state', and towards a 'social democratic or Scandinavian . .…”

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Beyond Christian Democracy? Welfare State Politics and Policy in a Changing CDU

Clemens¹

2013

German Politics

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Beyond Christian Democracy? Welfare State Politics and Policy in a Changing CDU

Clemens¹

2013

German Politics

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“…The ideas and narratives of sustainable family policies were also maintained when the first grand coalition entered government in 2005 (Henninger & von Wahl, ). In fact, Ursula von der Leyen, the Christian Democratic minister for family affairs even accelerated the implementation of such policies (Henninger & von Wahl, ). However, the modernizing trajectory of German family policy also prompted a backlash among conservative actors that is apparent in the debate on the German childcare allowance (“Betreuungsgeld”) (Henninger & von Wahl, ).…”

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“…The childcare allowance was a highly controversial policy initiative by the Federal Government (CDU/CSU and FDP) that provided monetary subsidies for families that raise their children at home without use of public daycares (cash‐for‐care benefit). The childcare allowance was included in a “package deal” in order to meet demands by the Bavarian CSU (Henninger & von Wahl, , p. 373). Conservative politicians argued that a case‐for‐care benefit is necessary in order to establish a true “freedom of choice” for parents.…”

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A paradigm shift in German family policy: Applying a topic model to map reform and public discourse, 1990–2016

Gülzau

2019

European Policy Analysis

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This article explores the newspaper discourse surrounding a paradigm shift in social policy. The case at hand, Germany, is a prime example of a welfare state that was particularly resistant to reform. Hence, the rapid paradigm shift in German family policy since the late 1990s is puzzling. This study seeks to resolve this puzzle by drawing on the insight that public discourse is crucial for policy change. Politicians have to promote reforms prior to their implementation. The main channel for communication with the wider public is the mass media. I use newspaper coverage from 1990 to 2016 to analyze whether the media is responsive to reform initiatives. I use topic modeling, an innovative method from the computational social sciences (CSS), to identify dominant themes and shifts over time in a large corpus of newspaper articles (N = 1,459). The analysis shows that public discourse was responsive to the parliamentary debate. The article also clarifies the role of critical events and identifies discursive strategies. K E Y W O R D Scritical events, discourse analysis, early childhood education and care (ECEC), family policies, topic models | 101 GÜLZAU

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(Un)rightful Entitlements: Exploring the Populist Narratives of Welfare Chauvinism and Welfare Nostalgia

Blum

2024

IMISCOE Research Series

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With the electoral rise of populist radical-right parties (PRR) in European liberal democracies, scholarly attention has turned to their social-policy agendas and, to a lesser extent, also their gender, family and sexuality agendas. Research has explored PRR parties’ stances towards different groups, including access to or exclusion from social rights. ‘Welfare chauvinism’ has proven as a useful concept to understand social policy agendas of PRR parties, focused on (un)deservingness along the lines of native vs. non-native populations. This chapter argues, first, that a widened understanding of ‘welfare chauvinism’ enables a fuller investigation of different exclusionary tendencies—in terms of migration, gender, family, or sexual orientation. And second, that such welfare chauvinism goes along with specific (un)deservingness constructions, which can be captured through studying (populist) policy narratives. The chapter theorizes on ‘populist narratives’ about material inclusion or exclusion, i.e. who should be given, not given, or taken from in terms of social rights. It proposes certain plots and narrative elements which are characteristic of ‘populist narratives’. To demonstrate its usefulness for empirical research, the concept is applied to investigate the contested German family policy modernization, its populist protesters and the family policy agenda of the Alternative für Deutschland.

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Das Umspielen von Veto-Spielern. Wie eine konservative Familienministerin den Familialismus des deutschen Wohlfahrtsstaates unterminiert

Cited by 18 publications

References 17 publications

Beyond Christian Democracy? Welfare State Politics and Policy in a Changing CDU

Beyond Christian Democracy? Welfare State Politics and Policy in a Changing CDU

A paradigm shift in German family policy: Applying a topic model to map reform and public discourse, 1990–2016

(Un)rightful Entitlements: Exploring the Populist Narratives of Welfare Chauvinism and Welfare Nostalgia

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