Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
B. Pfau-Effinger, T. Rostgaard (2011)
Guest Editorial: Welfare-state change, the strengthening of economic principles, and new tensions in relation to careNordic Journal of Social Research, 2
A. Börsch-Supan, M. Coppola, Anette Reil-Held (2012)
Riester Pensions in Germany: Design, Dynamics, Targetting Success and Crowding-InSIRN: International Comparisons (Retirement) (Sub-Topic)
P. Hall (1993)
Policy paradigms, social learning, and the state: the case of economic policymaking in BritainComparative politics, 25
G. Clark, N. Whiteside (2003)
Pension security in the 21st century : redrawing the public-private debate
P. Hall, D. Soskice (2001)
Varieties of Capitalism
Bundesministerium Soziales (2010)
Aufbruch in die altersgerechte Arbeitswelt: Bericht der Bundesregierung gemäß § 154 Absatz 4 des Sechsten Buches Sozialgesetzbuch zur Anhebung der Regelaltersgrenze auf 67 Jahre
A. Sinfield (2000)
Tax Benefits in Non-State PensionsEuropean Journal of Social Security, 2
RV (2014)
Rentenversicherung in Zahlen 2014
Patricia Frericks (2013)
Strengthening Market Principles in Welfare Institutions: How Hybrid Pension Systems Impact on Social-risk SpreadingJournal of Social Policy, 42
Lei Delsen (2000)
Exit Poldermodel? Sociaal-economische Ontwikkelingen in Nederland
G. Esping-Andersen (1990)
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
K. Thelen (2003)
Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences: HOW INSTITUTIONS EVOLVE
J. Geyer (2011)
Riester-Rente: Rezept gegen Altersarmut?, 78
Igor Guardiancich (2011)
The Survival and Return of Institutions: Examples from Pension Reforms in Central, Eastern and South-eastern EuropeWest European Politics, 34
K. Hinrichs, O. Kangas (2003)
When Is a Change Big Enough to Be a System Shift? Small System-shifting Changes in German and Finnish Pension PoliciesSocial Policy & Administration, 37
Patricia Frericks, R. Maier, W. Graaf (2006)
Shifting the Pension Mix: Consequences for Dutch and Danish WomenSocial Policy & Administration, 40
P. Pierson (2000)
Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of PoliticsAmerican Political Science Review, 94
K. Thelen (2012)
How Institutions Evolve: Insights from Comparative Historical Analysis
F. Berner (2011)
New Private Pensions in Germany: A Pension Market or a Branch of the Welfare State? Contested Regulatory Issues
Kornelia Hagen, Axel Kleinlein (2011)
Zehn Jahre Riester-Rente: kein Grund zum Feiern, 78
T. Marshall (1981)
The right to welfare and other essays
BMAS (2014)
Zweiter Bericht der Bundesregierung gemäß § 154 Absatz 4 Sechstes Buch Sozialgesetzbuch zur Anhebung der Regelaltersgrenze auf 67 Jahre
Jacob Hacker (2002)
The divided welfare state: The bat-tle over public and private social benefits in the United States
J. Mahoney, K. Thelen (2010)
A Theory of Gradual Institutional Change
N. Barr (2008)
Reforming Pensions: Principles and Policy Choices
E. Schickler (2001)
Disjointed Pluralism: Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress
Ingo Bode (2007)
From the Citizen's Wage to Self-Made Pensions?Current Sociology, 55
B.G.C. Dellaert, E. Ponds (2014)
Pensioen op maat: Heterogeniteit en individuele keuzevrijheid in pensioenen
P. Antolín, S. Payet, Juan Yermo (2012)
Coverage of Private Pension Systems
Nordic Journal of Social Research, 2
Anna Angelin, H. Johansson, M. Koch (2014)
Patterns of institutional change in minimum income protection in Sweden and GermanyJournal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 30
PurposeMuch has been said about institutional change and the forms it can take, whether it is abrupt or incremental, path breaking or path dependent. This strand of research is highly relevant in times of welfare institutional reforms and changes. A puzzle, however, remains, and it concerns the empirical phenomena that there might be institutional inertia despite seeming change. One reason for this remaining puzzle is, as argued here, that the ongoing theoretical reflections have a certain blind spot: “institutional constellations” and their characteristics. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to analyse the “layering” of a welfare institution which results in an institutional constellation.Design/methodology/approachSuch newly established institutional constellations, though they look roughly similar and are formed of comparable ingredients, can differ profoundly between themselves. This could be due to the fact that the characteristics of institutions depend on the regulating principles (the “spirit”) implemented in them. To validate this hypothesis, the author analyses in depth the institutional layering in two traditionally different social protection systems: the Dutch and the German pension systems.FindingsIn both cases, as the author shows, the traditional regulating principles are also implemented in the newly established institutional constellation, so that in the end pension systems do not change but differ as they did before.Originality/valueThe empirical phenomenon of institutional inertia despite seeming change has not yet been explicitly addressed. This is the case since the ongoing theoretical reflections have a certain blind spot: “institutional constellations” and their characteristics which are the focus of this paper.
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy – Emerald Publishing
Published: Jun 13, 2017
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.