Learning or Teaching? Germany and Its Complex Historical Relationship with the EU

Aurich, Patrizia; Schüttpelz, Anne

doi:10.1057/9780230307629_4

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“…As Fleckenstein (2008, p. 186) states, the Hartz reforms did not have a European origin since “[f]oreign lessons, particular drawn from the UK, were decisive in the development of the proposed Hartz IV legislation and the actual legislation”. The same conclusions are reached by Aurich and Schüttpelz (2011, pp. 88‐9): “the data […] show [that] only scarce references were made to the EU”.…”

Section: Towards Converging Worlds Of Activation In Europe?supporting

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Converging worlds of activation?

Graziano

2012

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

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PurposeThe purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between the emerging European activation policies and the evolution of domestic activation policies and its governance. Drawing on the emerging Europeanization debate and comparative literature on activation, the crucial research question will be the following: is there a European Union (EU)‐induced convergence in domestic activation policies in the EU?Design/methodology/approachFollowing Bonoli's work, the article unpacks activation in two dimensions (human capital investment and employment market orientation) and looks at the trajectories of seven Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) countries using OECD active labour market policy (ALMP) expenditure data.FindingsThe article argues that there is only limited EU‐induced convergence towards the employment assistance component of the EU hybrid model and similarly limited convergence can be seen with respect to the governance of activation policies. Although fully‐fledged explanations of such limited convergence go beyond the scope of this article, the paper puts forward two tentative explanations which should be tested with further research: first, the lack of convergence may lie primarily in the overall “softness” of the European Employment Strategy (which means, among other things, limited resources), but the lack of convergence may also lie in the lack of administrative capacities enabling member state governments to fully implement innovative activation policies.Originality/valueThe paper is innovative since it empirically tests the role of European policies and ideas in shaping domestic reforms of activation policies. Contrary to other findings, the article shows that there is a limited degree of convergence and that the role is particularly negligible with respect to implementation capacities of reformed activation strategies.

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Section: Towards Converging Worlds Of Activation In Europe?supporting

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Converging worlds of activation?

Graziano

2012

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

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“…hochgradig plausible Fälle von Europäisierung nicht öffentlich thematisiert und auch kaum strategisch von politischen Akteuren benutzt werden. Aurich/Schüttpelz (2011) verweisen in diesem Zusammenhang darauf, dass der Nachweis europäischer Einflüsse im deutschen Fall aufgrund einer spezifischen Selbstwahrnehmung erschwert werde: "Th[e] self-perception as 'policymakers, not policytakers' tends to inhibit national actors from using EU resources and may lead to some kind of role-reversal, in which the influence of the EU is played down." (ebd.…”

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Sozialpolitik im EU-Mehrebenensystem

Windwehr¹

2022

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Das EU-Mehrebenensystem verhandelt den Einfluss der europäischen Organe auf die einzelstaatliche Souveränität fortlaufend neu. Sozialpolitik gilt dabei traditionell als Domäne der Mitgliedsstaaten. Kann man jedoch an dieser Stelle noch von politischer Autonomie der Nationalstaaten sprechen oder gewinnt die europäische Ebene durch sozial- wie haushaltspolitische, teils auch restriktive Maßnahmen vielmehr fortlaufend an Bedeutung? Jana Windwehr analysiert Europäisierungsprozesse innerhalb der Sozialpolitik im Kontext der Eurokrise anschaulich am Beispiel von fünf Mitgliedsstaaten. Das Buch wird dadurch zu einem unverzichtbaren Beitrag zur Diskussion um nationale sozialpolitische Autonomie im EU-Mehrebenensystem.

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Arbeitsmarkt- und Beschäftigungspolitik

Bothfeld

Sesselmeier

2017

Politik Und Wirtschaft

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Learning or Teaching? Germany and Its Complex Historical Relationship with the EU

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

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