Thomas Paster


 

Publications


 
 

  The Role of Business in the Development of the Welfare State and Labor Markets in Germany: Containing Social Reforms
 

 
2012, London: Routledge
ISBN 978-0-415-61136-7
 
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Peer-reviewed monographs

The Role of Business in the Development of the Welfare State and Labor Markets in Germany: Containing Social Reforms. London: Routledge. See above for further information.

 

 

Peer-reviewed journal articles

"Why Did Austrian Business Oppose Welfare Cuts? The Role of Organizational Structures in Shaping the Attitudes of Economic Interest Groups towards Social Policy Retrenchment." Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 47, no. 10 (October 2014), forthcoming.

 
"Business and Welfare State Development: Why Did Employers Accept Social Reforms?" World Politics, Vol. 65, no. 3 (July 2013), forthcoming.

 
"Do German employers support board-level codetermination? The paradox of individual support and collective opposition". Socio-Economic Review. Vol. 10, no. 3 (July 2012), 471-95. Advance Access published August 17, 2011. doi:10.1093/ser/mwr017.
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"The New Modes of EU Governance – Combining Rationalism and Constructivism in Explaining Voluntarist Policy Coordination in the EU". Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft (ÖZP). Vol. 34(2) :147-161. 2005
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Peer-reviewed working papers

“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.
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Book chapters

"Die Rolle der Arbeitgeber in der Sozialpolitik" [The Role of Employers in Social Policy] In: Schroeder, Wolfgang & Bernhard Wessels (eds.) Handbuch Arbeitgeber- und Wirtschaftsverbände in Deutschland. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden, 2010. 342-62.
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Book reviews

Review of Behrens, Martin "Das Paradox der Arbeitgeberverbände. Von der Schwierigkeit, durchsetzungsstarke Unternehmensinteressen kollektiv zu vertreten" In: German Politics. Vol. 21(4). Advance access published 12 November 2012. doi:10.1080/09644008.2012.742661.
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Review of Addison, John "The Economics of Codetermination: Lessons from the German Experience" In: Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, Vol. 33 (Fall 2011), 193-4.

 
"The Renewability of Social Democracy."European Political Science Vol. 7(4):507-12, 2008. A review of Merkel, W., Petring, A., Henkes, C. & Egle, C. 2008. "Social democracy in power: the capacity to reform", London: Routledge.
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Review of Pelinka, Anton/Hummer, Waldemar. "Österreich unter ‘EU-Quarantäne’" Vienna: Linde. In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft (ÖZP). 32(4): 490-2, 2003.

 

 

Theses

Choosing Lesser Evils: The Role of Business in the Development of the German Welfare State from the 1880s to the 1990s. PhD Thesis, European University Institute, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Florence, 2009 (published in revised form, see above).
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The Politics of Pension Reform in Sweden. Master thesis, University of Vienna, Department of Government, 2002 (unpublished).
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Conference papers

For a list of conference presentations please see here.
 
 
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