Introduction In Germany, five million people need long-term care as defined by the Long-Term Care Insurance Act. Most (83.5 per cent) of those in need of care and support are aged 65 years or older, with 33.3 per cent aged 85 years or older. Most (62 per cent) are women (Stat. Bundesamt, 2022a). The German care regime rests on the subsidiarity principle 1 that explicitly encourages care at home, primarily by family members (for example, Anttonen and Sipilä, 1996 ). Accordingly, German Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) legislation states: ‘LTCI is meant to
61 TWO Germany Marina A. Adler, Karl Lenz and Yve Stöbel-Richter The cultural and policy context of fatherhood Contemporary perceptions of German fatherhood and fathering are rooted in the unique history of the division and reunification of two independent states, the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, now the Western states) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR, now the Eastern states). German unification in 1990 combined the West German ‘ideal-typical’ conservative welfare state and strong male-breadwinner system with the East German socialist full
This comprehensive study, part of the International Library of Policy Analysis, brings together for the first time a systemic overview of policy analysis activities in Germany. Written by leading experts in the field – including informed practitioners – it outlines the development of the discipline, identifies its role in academic education and research, and examines its styles and methods. The book also focuses on the role of policy analysis for governments and parliaments, for parties, social partners, and interest groups. By offering a rich and timely analysis of policy analysis in Germany, this book is a valuable resource for academic exchange and for teaching, particularly in the fields of political science, social sciences, economics and geography. Moreover, by its broad, comprehensive understanding of ‘policy analysis’, the book will be of practical relevance and shape the debate for the future development of policy analysis in Germany and the different spheres where it is practised.
159 TEN Directly elected mayors in Germany: leadership and institutional context Björn Egner, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Introduction A common issue in political science is the extent to which rules affect behaviour. This chapter takes a variation on this theme and explores the extent to which different institutional rules around the competences of the mayor and council in various German states lead to different perceptions about the power of the actors involved. This chapter first explains why Germany has different municipal codes by
because part-time work is not widespread among mothers (most of them either work full-time or are not employed), while southern European countries have relatively low female labour force participation and less developed day-care ( Hook, 2015 ). Germany is a particularly interesting case due to persisting differences between the formerly divided East and West, and a paradigm shift in family policies since the 2000s, which led to a rising maternal labour force participation. However, this shift mainly resulted in the growth of the modernised male breadwinner model ( Pfau
With the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis in 2009, Germany came back centre stage in European politics, and continued to play a central role in the 2010s, for example through its initially leading role in the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ of 2015–16. 1 Overall, therefore, the 2010s clearly saw the increased political weight of Berlin in Europe, sparking debates about what kind of power Germany had become. Several of those debates were explicitly framed around the notion of ‘reluctance’: 2 for example, Paterson (2011) famously argued that Germany was a
209 International Journal of Care and Caring • vol 1 • no 2 • 209–26 • © Policy Press 2017 • #IJCC Print ISSN 2397-8821 • Online ISSN 2397-883X • https://doi.org/10.1332/239788217X14944099147786 article Care workers with migration backgrounds in formal care services in Germany: a multi-level intersectional analysis Hildegard Theobald, hildegard.theobald@uni-vechta.de University of Vechta, Germany The restructuring of formal care services in Germany was followed by an increase in care workers with migration backgrounds. Based on a survey study in home
Introduction The German government agreed to pursue a feminist foreign policy (FFP) in its coalition treaty in 2021. It is not the first one to do so, with Sweden paving the way in 2014 as the first country to claim – and the only one to then abolish – an FFP. Countries including Canada, France, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Mongolia, Argentina and Slovenia have followed, though different states vary in the articulation of their FFP ( Thomson and Färber, 2023 ). The German Federal Foreign Office has further developed its FFP with guidelines published in
Introduction The topic of this article is how German parents talk about and reflect on independence and interdependence in parent–child relationships when it comes to starting daycare. It chooses an interdisciplinary approach, and uses the sociological concept of ‘intensive parenting’ and the cultural psychological conceptual dichotomy of independence/interdependence as frameworks. Independence and interdependence can be defined as ‘patterns of family-related value orientations’ ( Mayer et al, 2012: 64 ) that set the boundaries for what is considered a
Key messages Germany is a prime example of a country where the use of gender-sensitive language is highly debated. Deciding whether to use gender-sensitive language in public appearances like televised debates is difficult for candidates. There is no robust increase in gender-sensitive language in televised debates over time, but party affiliation is a significant predictor. Candidate gender and party affiliation, as well as socio-political positions, interact in predicting the use of gender-sensitive language. Introduction Despite the massive
