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Origins of the German Welfare State

Social Policy in Germany to 1945

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Authors:
  1. Michael Stolleis

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rech, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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  • Comprehensive account of the history of social security in Germany to 1945
  • Analyses all major periods of recent German history
  • Written by a distinguished scholar of the legal history of Germany, formerly director at the Max-Planck-Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: German Social Policy (GSP, volume 2)

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Table of contents (2 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Nation State and Social Policy: An Ideational and Political History

    • Lutz Leisering
    Pages 1-22

  3. Origins of the German Welfare State: Social Policy in Germany to 1945

    • Michael Stolleis
    Pages 23-176

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 177-188
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This book traces the origins of the German welfare state. The author, formerly director at the Max-Planck-Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt, provides a perceptive overview of the history of social security and social welfare in Germany from early modern times to the end of World War II, including Bismarck’s pioneering introduction of social insurance in the 1880s. The author unravels “layers” of social security that have piled up in the course of history and, so he argues, still linger in the present-day welfare state. The account begins with the first efforts by public authorities to regulate poverty and then proceeds to the “social question” that arose during the 19th-century Industrial Revolution. World War I had a major impact on the development of social security, both during the war and after, through the exigencies of the war economy, inflation and unemployment. The ruptures as well as the continuities of social policy under National Socialism and World War II are also investigated.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rech, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Michael Stolleis

About the author

Michael Stolleis is Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for European History of Law, Frankfurt a. M. He has been awarded honorary doctorates and prizes, including the Leibniz Prize, the Research Award Stockholm and the Balzan Prize (Milan).

Lutz Leisering, the Editor, is Professor for Social Policy and Director at the Institute for World Society studies, University of Bielefeld. He took his Ph.D. at the London School of Economics. He has published widely on European and global social policy.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Origins of the German Welfare State

  • Book Subtitle: Social Policy in Germany to 1945

  • Authors: Michael Stolleis

  • Series Title: German Social Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22522-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-22521-5Published: 15 November 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43575-1Published: 14 December 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-22522-2Published: 15 November 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 188

  • Additional Information: Translated from the German. Originally published as: "Geschichte der Sozialpolitik in Deutschland seit 1945" by Nomos Publishers, 2001

  • Topics: Social Policy, Labour Law/Social Law, Political Science, History, general

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