福利国家中的社会经济压力和决策者——德国和意大利家庭政策的比较研究

德国和意大利的福利国家制度都是建立在深受基督教民主主义影响的欧洲大陆模式上的,强调以家庭为主的社会保障。但在近十多年里,两国在以家庭政策为代表的社会政策领域却呈现出不同的发展路径。本文运用历史制度主义理论对两国的这一差异进行比较分析后认为,社会经济压力能否对社会福利政策的延续或改变起作用,在于政治参与者是否达成认知上的趋同,从而把握住决定性的时机进行变革。

Social-Economic Pressures and Policy-makers in Welfare State:A Comparative Study on Changes of Family Policy in Germany and Italy

Though differing in some ways,the German and Italian welfare states share a common anchorage to the Christian Democratic version of the Continental model,with strong emphasis on family subsidiarity and traditional gender role.Over the last decade or so,the two countries have diverged into different paths in social policies such as the domain of work and family reconciliation.Equipped with historical institutional theory,this comparative study contends that whether social-economic pressures can drive for pol...