@article{SowaZapfel2015, author = {Sowa, Frank and Zapfel, Stefan}, title = {Aktivierung als globales Modell der Weltpolitik?}, series = {Sozialer Fortschritt}, volume = {64}, journal = {Sozialer Fortschritt}, number = {3}, publisher = {Duncker \& Humblot GmbH}, issn = {0038-609X}, doi = {10.3790/sfo.64.3.47}, pages = {47 -- 54}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Seit den letzten Dekaden des ausgehenden zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts sind die europ{\"a}ischen Wohlfahrtsstaaten mit einer sp{\"u}rbaren Zunahme der Arbeitslosigkeit konfrontiert. Die sich auf den neoliberalen Diskurs beziehende Kritik am Wohlfahrtsstaat f{\"u}hrte daraufhin zu einer schrittweisen Neuausrichtung der damit in Verbindung stehenden Sozialpolitik und des dazugeh{\"o}rigen Verwaltungsapparats. Aktivierung pr{\"a}gt seitdem die sozialpolitischen Reformwellen in L{\"a}ndern historisch unterschiedlichen Wohlfahrtszuschnitts. Dadurch kommt es zu einer tendenziellen Angleichung der europ{\"a}ischen Wohlfahrtsregime, zur Herausbil-dung zunehmend isomorpher Strukturen im sozialpolitischen Be-reich. Der neoliberale Diskurs trifft jedoch auf unterschiedliche, nationalstaatlich gepr{\"a}gte Institutionen und Organisationen mit ihrer je eigenen Historie, Tradition und Kultur. Daher bleiben Unterschiede in den Praktiken der Arbeitsmarktpolitik bestehen.}, language = {de} } @incollection{SowaStaplesZapfel2018, author = {Sowa, Frank and Staples, Ronald and Zapfel, Stefan}, title = {Introduction. The transformation of work in welfare state organisations}, series = {The Transformation of Work in Welfare State Organizations. New Public Management and the Institutional Diffusion of Ideas}, booktitle = {The Transformation of Work in Welfare State Organizations. New Public Management and the Institutional Diffusion of Ideas}, publisher = {Routledge}, address = {London and New York}, isbn = {9781138084568}, pages = {1-12}, year = {2018}, abstract = {How has New Public Management influenced social policy reform in different developed welfare states? New managerialism is conceptualized as a paradigm, which not only shapes the decision-making process in bureaucratic organizations but also affects the practice of individuals (citizens). Public administrations have been expected to transform from traditional bureaucratic organizations into modern managerial service providers by adopting a business model that requires the efficient and effective use of resources. The introduction of managerial practices, controlling and accounting systems, management by objectives, computerization, service orientation, increased outsourcing, competitive structures and decentralized responsibility are typical of efforts to increase efficiency. These developments have been accompanied by the abolition of civil service systems and fewer secure jobs in public administrations. This book provides a sociological understanding of how public administrations deal with this transformation, how people's role as public servants is affected, and what kind of strategies emerge either to meet these new organizational requirements or to circumvent them. It shows how hybrid arrangements of public services are created between the public and the private sphere that lead to conflicts of interest between private strategies and public tasks as well as to increasingly homogeneous social welfare provision across Europe.}, language = {en} }