Grenzen staatlichen Handelns zur Förderung schwacher Interessen

Wolfgang Schroeder

WSI-Mitteilungen, 2022, vol. 75, issue 1, 37-44

Abstract: The repeated failure of unions and employers to improve working conditions and pay for Germany’s geriatric care workers has led to increasing state intervention in the sector. Can this top-down approach succeed where the social partners have failed? This article argues that while the state currently plays a central role in advancing a needs-based strategy in the geriatric care industry, encompassing policy change remains unlikely in the absence of independent and effective representation of worker interests. Taking regional Nursing Chambers and the Concerted Action Care as examples, the article discusses the detrimental effects of top-down interventions and highlights the need for bottom-up initiatives in reforming the country’s geriatric care sector.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.5771/0342-300X-2022-1-37

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