(2011):
From the Manpower Revolution to the Activation Paradigm: Explaining Institutional Continuity and Change in an Integrating Europe.
Amsterdam:
Amsterdam University Press.
[Changing Welfare States]
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Governing Activation in Europe: Diverse Responses to Common Challenges?
Research question/goal:
European welfare states have seen a deliberate shift from passive to active and activating labor-market measures. While there are numerous studies assessing associated national policy changes, a wide-open gap remains regarding the governance of activation. Accordingly, this study proposes two central questions:
- What explains cross-national trends of convergence and divergence in the governance of activation?
- How are decisions made by policy makers implemented at the local level, why so, and with what effect?
By answering these questions, this study will not only generate policy-relevant knowledge, but also contribute to the literatures on institutional change, international policy diffusion and social learning. While a general overview provides insights to the organization and evolution of most western activation governance systems, four countries have been selected for in-depth case studies: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. These four cases represent four reform-oriented countries with converging organizational features, and yet diverging local strategies of policy implementation.
Current stage:
Currently a new application for external funding is being prepared. Additional data has been collected, new research papers have been presented at international conferences and workshops, and several preparatory articles have been published or are currently under review or in print.
Fact sheet
Funding:
MZES
Duration:
2009 to 2014
Status:
in preparation
Data Sources:
Archival research, text analyses, expert surveys, interviews
Geographic Space:
Western Europe
Publications
Books
Journal Articles
Weishaupt, J. Timo, and Katja Lack
(2011):
The European employment strategy: assessing the status quo.
German Policy Studies, Special Issue edited by Karin Schulze Buschoff and Florian Blank, 7, issue 1, p. 9-44.
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Weishaupt, J. Timo
(2010):
A silent revolution? New management ideas and the reinvention of European public employment services.
Socio-Economic Review, 8, issue 3, p. 461-486.
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Weishaupt, J. Timo
(2010):
Germany after a decade of Social Democrats in government: the end of the continental model?.
German Politics, 19, issue 2, p. 105-122.
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Weishaupt, J. Timo
(2009):
Money, votes or 'good' ideas? Partisan politics and the effectiveness of the European Employment Strategy in Austria and Ireland.
European Integration online Papers (EIoP), 13, issue 1, Art. 14, p. 1-17.
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Ebbinghaus, Bernhard
(2008):
Il ruolo delle parti sociali nelle riforme pensionistiche europee: passato e presente.
La Rivista delle Politiche Sociali – Italian Journal of Social Policy, 6, issue 4, p. 37-52.
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Book Chapters
Weishaupt, J. Timo
(2012):
Origin and Genesis of Activation Policies in ‘Old’ Europe: Toward a Balanced Approach?.
p. 190-216 in:
Ive Marx, Kenneth Nelson
(Eds.)
Minimum Income Protection in Flux.
Basingstoke, UK:
Palgrave Macmillan.
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Other Publications
Weishaupt, J. Timo
(2011):
Social Partners and the Governance of Public Employment Services: Trends and Experiences from Western Europe.
[Intenational Labour Office; Labour Administration and Inspection Programme (LAB/ADMIN) Working Paper]
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Conference Presentations
Weishaupt, J. Timo
(2012):
Beyond National Navel Gazing: Assessing the Impact of International Organizations on National Labor-Market Reforms.
[American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, August 30th to September 02nd, 2012]
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Weishaupt, J. Timo, and Tobias Schulze-Cleven
(2012):
Leveraging Ideational Legacies: Partisan Labor Market Policies in Crisis-Ridden Europe.
[24th Annual Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Conference, Cambridge, June 28th to June 30th, 2012]
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Weishaupt, J. Timo, and Caroline de la Porte
(2011):
State of the Art. The Open Method of Coordination for Social Inclusion and Social Protection.
[9th Annual ESPAnet Conference, Valencia, September 08th to September 10th, 2011]
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Weishaupt, J. Timo
(2011):
Assessing the Effectiveness and Impact of the Social OMC in Germany.
[Presentation to the Europe Committee of the "Gesellschaft für Versicherungswissenschaft und –gestaltung e.V", Berlin, May 27th, 2011]
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Weishaupt, J. Timo
(2011):
Die Offene Methode der Koordinierung: Ergebnisse der EU-weiten Studie zu Effektivität und Einfluss.
[Tagung der Deutschen Rentenversicherung (DRV) Bund: “Alterssicherung im internationalen Vergleich”, Bildungszentrum Erkner, September 26th to September 28th, 2011]
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Weishaupt, J. Timo
(2011):
Reforming Activation Policy in Western Europe – A Process of Neo-Convergernce?.
[DFG-Graduiertenkolleg “Märkte und Sozialräume in Europa”, University of Bamberg, June 09th, 2011]
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Weishaupt, J. Timo
(2011):
The Role of the Social Partners in Public Employment Services.
[European Labor Forum on the Role of the Labor Administration in Overcoming Economic Crises, Turin, February 23rd to February 25th, 2011]
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Weishaupt, J. Timo, and Felix Hörisch
(2010):
Explaining Variations in the Fight against Unemployment in Times of the Global Financial Crisis: A Mixed-Methods Approach.
[First Annual MZES Postdoc Conference, Mannheim, November 05th to November 06th, 2010]
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Weishaupt, J. Timo, and Felix Hörisch
(2010):
In the Midst of the Crisis: Supporting the Unemployed through Direct Job-Creation Schemes?.
[Council for European Studies (CES) Annual Conference, Montreal, April 15th to April 17th, 2010]
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Weishaupt, J. Timo
(2010):
After the Crisis is Before the Crisis? European Labor Market Policy Responses in Comparative Perspective.
[Annual Meeting of the American Political Sciene Association (APSA), Washington, D.C., September 01st to December 04th, 2010]
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Weishaupt, J. Timo
(2010):
Explaining Labour Market Policy Reactions to the Crisis: Beyond Path Dependency?.
[EQUALSOC/TRALEG Group Workshop on Institutional Change, Mannheim, November 25th to November 26th, 2010]
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Weishaupt, J. Timo
(2010):
Reforming Unemployment Policy in Europe: A Common Turn to Activation?.
[Final Meeting of the Equalsoc MIPI Group, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, June 15th to June 16th, 2010]
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Reibling, Nadine, Sebastian Koos and Christi M. Smith
(2009):
A Toolbox for Explaining Institutional Change: Theoretical Approaches and Methodological Strategies.
[Traleg (EQUALSOC) Institutional Change Project Meeting, Amsterdam, June 18th to June 20th, 2009]
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Weishaupt, J. Timo
(2009):
A Silent Revolution? The Discovery of Management Ideas and the Reinvention of European Public Employment Services.
[EQUALSOC (TRALEG) Institutional Change Project Meeting, Amsterdam, June 18th to June 19th, 2009]
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