@misc{Trampusch2005,
  author    = {Trampusch, Christine},
  title     = {Sozialpolitik in Post-Hartz Germany},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47845},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {The article points to the following causes of German social policy reform, as it has taken shape by the so-called 'Hartz'-Acts: the self-inflicted financial crisis of the welfare state, the return of party leaders as agenda setters, and the weakening of employers associations and trade unions in this policy field. Through a large, informal coalition, the political parties have responded to various internal conflict constellations.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Kneip2003,
  author    = {Kneip, Sascha},
  title     = {Die sozialphilosophischen Grundlagen des demokratischen Wohlfahrtsstaats},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9570},
  year      = {2003},
  abstract  = {At the beginning of the 21st century the welfare state is under pressure from two sides. On the one hand, there is "globalisation", on the other hand seems to be some sort of normative crisis of the welfare state's moral foundations. The welfare state is said to curtail individual freedom and autonomy. This article rejects this assumption by exploring the philosophical and moral foundations of the welfare state, thereby demonstrating that it is essentially necessary for individual freedom and autonomy. Furthermore, it is shown that individual freedom is also the core principle of liberal democracy and that the welfare state is therefore an indispensable prerequisite for democracy itself.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{KuhlmannReiter2016,
  author    = {Kuhlmann, Sabine and Reiter, Renate},
  title     = {Decentralization of the French welfare state: from 'big bang' to 'muddling through'},
  series = {International Review of Administrative Sciences},
  volume    = {82},
  journal   = {International Review of Administrative Sciences},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Sage},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {0020-8523},
  doi       = {0.1177/0020852315583194},
  pages     = {255 -- 272},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {This article analyses the decentralization of the French welfare state focusing on the transfer of the Revenu minimum d'insertion (RMI) welfare benefit to the departments in 2003 and 2004. We map and explain the effects of the reform on the system and performance of the subnational provision of welfare tasks. To evaluate the impact of decentralization on the RMI-related action of the departments, we carry out a qualitative document analysis and use data from two case studies. The RMI decentralization offers an exemplary insight into the incremental implementation of French decentralization. We find many unintended effects in terms of the performance and outcome of the subnational welfare provision. This is traced back to the combining of institutional and policy reforms and the inadequate translation of high political expectations into an inadequate action programme both resulting in excessive demands on the local actors. Points for practitioners The decentralization of public tasks is associated with high expectations in terms of the effects on the performance of public services and public governance on the subnational levels. For an in-depth measure the range of administrative performance and political systems effects should be taken into account. We propose a five-dimensional scheme allowing for the determination of decentralization effects on the resource input to and the operative output of subnational public services, on the horizontal coordination between subnational task holders and the affected non-public stakeholders, on the vertical intergovernmental coordination, and on the democratic accountability of subnational authorities.},
  language  = {en}
}