The Role of Business in the Development of the Welfare State and Labor Markets in Germany: Containing Social Reforms by Thomas Paster

Author:Thomas Paster [Paster, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Political Science, Comparative Politics, Public Policy, Social Services & Welfare
ISBN: 9780415611367
Google: MmNAYgEACAAJ
Goodreads: 14870698
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011-12-13T00:00:00+00:00

This BDA statement contrasts with the business interests thesis. The statement shows that business did not support social policy to promote skill investments, but as a means of maintaining social peace and political stability. No part of the BDA social policy program analyzed here links the requirements of skill formation with social policy. Instead, the BDA supported social insurance and the fight against unemployment because of normative obligations (“social conscience”) and the aim of political stability (raison d’état).

The simultaneous emphasis on the subsidiary character of social policy and the importance of self-reliance also indicates the continued importance of work incentives for employers. The kind of social policies supported by employers were conservative, social insurance schemes based on employment and with earnings-related benefits. This type of social policy maintains work incentives and does not liberate the individual from dependence on work. As we will see in Chapter 8, employers after World War II fought for the maintenance of Bismarckian welfare state institutions and against a shift to a universalist model.

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