Britain And Germany Compared

This book investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realises large-scale redistribution of wealth between social groups of society. Steffen Mau introduces the concept of 'the moral economy' to show that acceptance of welfare exchanges rests on moral assumptions and ideas of social justice people adhere to. Analysing both the institution of welfare and the public attitudes towards such schemes, the book demonstrates that people are neither selfish nor altruistic; rather they tend to reason reciprocally.

This title was first published in 2000: This text collects a set of specially commissioned chapters by British and German political scientists as well as experts in public administration and management, designed to present and grapple with the range of the subject in an accessible but sophisticated form. In doing so, the volume seeks to fill the gap perceived to have opened up between the conventional comparative government literature and the new public management literature. While the first part of the book explores the historical, political and cultural context of public sector reform, the second part deals more specifically with institutional developments and recent reform trends in the fields of social policy and social service delivery. The volume analyzes the degree of "convergence" or "divergence" between the two countries with regard to public sector change.

This report examines recent changes in British and German labour markets by comparing and contrasting the experience of unemployment and the patterns of earnings inequality through a period of transition for both economies.'

This book offers a comparison of the origins of the welfare state in England and Germany (1850-1914).

This report presents a timely comparison of the long-term care provisions for the elderly in Britain and Germany. The report examines the deficiences in current UK provision for long-term care, and analyses a proposal by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.'