Paving the way for employment? The impact of the Luxembourg process on German labour market policies

Zohlnhöfer, Reimut; Ostheim, Tobias

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“…1 In turn, the EU peer-review mechanisms associated with the EES, including the multi-annual meetings in EMCO, the bi-annual meetings in HoPES, and the thematic meetings via the Mutual Learning Process, have been fruitful forums for social learning and policy diffusion (e.g., Zohlnhöfer and Ostheim, 2005;Nedergaard 2006;Heidenreich 2009;Weishaupt 2009;2010a;Zeitlin 2005a;. In contrast to Schäfer, who argues that scholars such as Jonathan Zeitlin "fail to recognise the limitations of deliberation" in the EU (2005, 16, my translation), I have shown precisely the opposite.…”

Section: Viii1 Do National Labour Market Policy Reform Eff Orts Exhimentioning

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From the Manpower Revolution to the Activation Paradigm : Explaining Institutional Continuity and Change in an Integrating Europe

Weishaupt¹

2011

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Section: Viii1 Do National Labour Market Policy Reform Eff Orts Exhimentioning

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From the Manpower Revolution to the Activation Paradigm : Explaining Institutional Continuity and Change in an Integrating Europe

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2011

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“…They are furthermore expected to construct the custodians (Genieys, 2010) of the status quo as villains because these oppose progress and the proponents of the reform as heroes because of these advocate progresses. Additionally, programmatic groups in the tradition of policy transfer and diffusion models (Dolowitz & Marsh, 2000;Zohlnhöfer & Ostheim, 2007) might refer to other country examples to borrow narratives that display them as modernizers and great reformers. On the other hand, opponents of the reform are hypothesized to reject the reform due to a different perspective on the welfare state: They might follow Keynesian views that see high levels of unemployment as a problem of conjuncture.…”

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One discourse to rule them all? Narrating the agenda for labor market policies in France and Germany

Bandelow

Hornung

2019

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Despite different institutional and situational conditions, the recent French labor market reforms bear a strong resemblance to the labor market reforms in Germany in the early 2000s. Governments at both points in time turned away from the conservative welfare state model and failed to appropriately legitimize their reforms toward the public as well as their originally partly social-democratic electorate. Given the diverging conditions which are expected to lead to different strategies of legitimization, this contribution inquires after the narrative stories with which the corresponding acting government framed its reforms publicly. Surprisingly, despite the large differences that the two governments faced, the analysis shows that the respective narratives stories were not only similar but can be assigned to certain programmatic groups that used the narratives to push their own policy program and place themselves in power positions. In doing so, the contribution establishes a yet missing link between the recently established Programmatic Action Framework (PAF) and the concept of narrative stories and discourse in policy analysis, thereby adding to both research strands. This link lies in the observation that programmatic groups use narratives to strengthen in-group identification and thus improve their chances of success, which makes dominant narratives an important indicator of programmatic groups. However, when legitimizing reformseven if these are transferred from other country experiencesit is imperatively important to embed the strategies of legitimization in the national context.

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“…With respect to policies located at the work-welfare nexus, the OECD offers a wide variety of reports, including, but not limited to the Economic Outlook, the Employment Outlook, Country Notes and Reports, and specialised series such as Babies and Bosses or Live Longer, Work Longer, which are not only valuable sources for new ideas, but also, and perhaps more importantly, provide "evidence-based" empirical findings, which reform-minded policymakers can utilise to legitimise their legislative proposals. 1 In turn, the EU peer-review mechanisms associated with the EES, including the multi-annual meetings in EMCO, the bi-annual meetings in HoPES, and the thematic meetings via the Mutual Learning Process, have been fruitful forums for social learning and policy diffusion (e.g., Zohlnhöfer and Ostheim, 2005;Nedergaard 2006;Heidenreich 2009;Weishaupt 2009;2010a;Zeitlin 2005a;. In contrast to Schäfer, who argues that scholars such as Jonathan Zeitlin "fail to recognise the limitations of deliberation" in the EU (2005, 16, my translation), I have shown precisely the opposite.…”

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From the Manpower Revolution to the Activation Paradigm

Weishaupt¹

2012

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Advanced welfare states seem remarkably stable at fi rst glance. Although most member states of the European Union (EU) have undertaken comprehensive welfare reform, especially since the 1990s, much comparative welfare state analysis portrays a 'frozen welfare landscape' . Social spending is stable. However, if we interpret the welfare state as more than aggregate social spending and look at long-term trends, we can see profound transformations across several policy areas, ranging from labour market policy and regulation, industrial relations, social protection, social services like child care and education, pensions, and long-term care. Th is series is about trajectories of change. Have there been path-breaking welfare innovations or simply attempts at political reconsolidation? What new policies have been added, and with what consequences for competitiveness, employment, income equality and poverty, gender relations, human capital formation, and fi scal sustainability? What is the role of the European Union in shaping national welfare state reform? Are advanced welfare states moving in a similar or even convergent direction, or are they embarking on ever more divergent trajectories of change? Th ese issues raise fundamental questions about the politics of reform. If policymakers do engage in major reforms (despite the numerous institutional, political and policy obstacles), what factors enable them to do so? While the overriding objective of the series is to trace trajectories of contemporary welfare state reform, the editors also invite the submission of manuscripts which focus on theorizing institutional change in the social policy arena.

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Paving the way for employment? The impact of the Luxembourg process on German labour market policies

Cited by 14 publications

References 14 publications

From the Manpower Revolution to the Activation Paradigm : Explaining Institutional Continuity and Change in an Integrating Europe

From the Manpower Revolution to the Activation Paradigm : Explaining Institutional Continuity and Change in an Integrating Europe

One discourse to rule them all? Narrating the agenda for labor market policies in France and Germany

From the Manpower Revolution to the Activation Paradigm

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