Dr. Thomas Paster
Research Fellow
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Paulstr. 3 | 50676 Cologne | Germany
Phone: +49 221 2767-236
Fax: +49 221 2767-555
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Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Paulstr. 3 | 50676 Cologne | Germany
Phone: +49 221 2767-236
Fax: +49 221 2767-555
Personal homepage
Research Interests
comparative political economy; comparative welfare state research; industrial relations; business associationsResearch Projects
Selected Publications
The Role of Business in the Development of the Welfare State and Labor Markets in Germany: Containing Social Reforms. London: Routledge, 2012 (more)Do German Employers Support Board-level Codetermination? The Paradox of Individual Support and Collective Opposition. Socio-Economic Review, advance access, Aug. 17, 2011, doi:10.1093/ser/mwr017 (PDF)
German Employers and the Origins of Unemployment Insurance: Skills Interest or Strategic Accommodation? MPIfG Discussion Paper 11/05. Cologne: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, 2011 (PDF)
Die Rolle der Arbeitgeber in der Sozialpolitik. In: Arbeitgeber- und Wirtschaftsverbände in Deutschland: Ein Handbuch. (Eds.) W. Schroeder, B. Wessels. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2010, 342-362
The New Modes of EU Governance: Combining Rationalism and Constructivism in Explaining Voluntarist Policy Coordination in the EU. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 34, 2, 147-161 (2005) (PDF)
The Renewability of Social Democracy. European Political Science 7, 4, 507-512 (2008)
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Vita
| since 2011 | Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| 2009-2010 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| 2009 | PhD, Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Florence; thesis on “Choosing Lesser Evils – The Role of Employers in the Development of the German Welfare State from the 1880s to the 1990s” |
| 2004-2005 | Master of Research, European University Institute, Florence |
| 2002-2004 | Postgraduate program in European Integration Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna (Diplom; MA equivalent) |
| 2002 | Master's degree (Mag. phil.), Political Science, University of Vienna; thesis on pension reforms in Sweden |
| 1999-2000 | Erasmus exchange student, University of Gothenburg, Sweden |