Innovation im Wohlfahrtsstaat

Societies are constantly changing—and with them people’s needs. Politics has the task of accompanying and steering change. This volume brings together contributions from research on innovation and the welfare state, political parties and associations as well as policy advice, thus providing an overview of current developments in this field. In doing so, it provides an insight into the complexity of policy area analysis in research, transfer and consultancy. At the same time, the volume pays tribute to Josef Schmid, a scholar whose work has linked, advanced and significantly shaped theory and practice, consultancy and teaching in policy analysis and political economy. With contributions by Reinhard Bahnmüller, Nils C. Bandelow, Rasmus C. Beck, Susanne Blancke, Mathias Bucksteeg, Daniel Buhr, Roland Czada, Christoph Deutschmann, Charlotte Fechter, Rolf Frankenberger, Stewart Gold, Anke Hassel, Rolf G. Heinze, Sven Hilgers, Steffen Jenner, Markus Jox, Ricard Bellera Kirchhof, Ralf Kleinfeld, Harald Kohler, Wilhelm Kohler, Norbert Kreuzkamp, Chris Kühn, Susanne Lütz, Erika Mezger, Philipp Rehm, Manfred G. Schmidt, Werner Schmidt, Sebastian Schneider, Wolfgang Schroeder, Werner Sesselmeier, Ulrike Single, Christian Steffen, Volquart Stoy, Roland Sturm, Ansgar Thiel, Heinrich Tiemann, Ingeborg Tömmel, Ulrich von Alemann, Hans-Georg Wehling, Rosemarie Wehling, Dorian R. Woods and Udo Zolleis.