Neue Governancestrukturen in der Wohlfahrtspflege

Lately, welfare organisations have been confronted with changes to their environment because, for approximately two decades, governance structures have changed dramatically. Gradually, quasi-market organised practices have been introduced in the organisations’ different fields of activity, motivated by the state’s desire to realise retrenchments and efficiently make a profit in times of slow economic growth, high unemployment and state budget deficits. Despite retrenchments, welfare states are nonetheless ‘economic giants’ and are indispensable in the process of realising the social state. However, welfare organisations and their employees are under a great deal of pressure, since increasing competition has often been engaged in at the expense of staff. With contributions by Holger Backhaus-Maul | Josef Schmid | Matthias Möhring-Hesse | Stephan Grohs | Mauricio Reichenbachs | Christoph Strünck | Michaela Evans | Traugott Jähnichen | Josef Hilbert | Denise Becka | Sebastian Merkel | Karin Weiss | Dietrich Thränhardt | Joß Steinke | Thomas Bibisidis