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

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Since the 1990s, a substantial revision of the welfare state has been observed which has been explicitly aimed at making European wel-fare states more employment-friendly (see Graziano, Jacquot and Palier, introduction to this volume; see also Ferrera et al., 2001, Häusermann and Palier, 2008). In this respect, a broad range of measures has been implemented to reform taxation and social protection systems (Armingeon and Bonoli, 2006; Cox, 1998; Goul Andersen et al., 2002). These include strategies to increase employment and reduce non-wage labour costs, which are a challenge in particular for conservative wel-fare regimes such as Germany (Esping-Andersen, 1999).

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  1. Universita Bocconi, Milan, Italy

    Paolo R. Graziano

  2. Centre d’études européennes, Sciences Po, Paris, France

    Sophie Jacquot

  3. Centre d’études européennes, CNRS, Sciences Po, Paris, France

    Bruno Palier

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Aurich, P., Schüttpelz, A. (2011). Learning or Teaching? Germany and Its Complex Historical Relationship with the EU. In: Graziano, P.R., Jacquot, S., Palier, B. (eds) The EU and the Domestic Politics of Welfare State Reforms. Work and Welfare in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230307629_4

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