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Herbert Obinger

Herbert Obinger

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Political Science

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32
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5194
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Overview

Herbert Obinger is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a strong focus on political science and international relations. They have contributed significantly to the study of social policy and welfare systems, employment, and the historical development of labor protections.

The body of work produced by Obinger includes research on welfare state financing, conscription and military influences on social policies, and unemployment insurance in developing countries. Their recent publications include:

  • Funding social protection: Mapping and explaining welfare state financing in a global perspective (2020, Global Social Policy)
  • Conscription, the Military, and Welfare State Development: An Introduction (2020, Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences))
  • Unemployment insurance in the Global South since 1950: Drivers of policy adoption (2021, Global Social Policy)
  • War and the adoption of family allowances (2024, Journal of Public Policy)

Obinger has frequently collaborated with several scholars, notably:

  • Carina Schmitt
  • Lukas Grawe
  • Nikolas Dörr
  • Klaus Petersen
  • Michele Mioni

Their research has appeared in journals and repositories such as Global Social Policy, Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences), Journal of Public Policy, Social Science History, and Politische Vierteljahresschrift.

Their work explores various topics, including:

  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Political and Economic History of the UK and US
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • International Development and Aid
  • Historical Economic and Social Studies
  • European History and Politics

Obinger's contributions also extend into subfields of study such as:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • General Health Professions
  • Finance
  • Development
  • Gender Studies

The scholar's combination of fields and topical focuses reflects an interest in the intersections of welfare state development, social policy reform, and the broader political and economic contexts affecting these areas over time.

Best Publications

  • Federalism and the Welfare State: New World and European Experiences

    Herbert Obinger;Stephan Leibfried;Francis Geoffrey Castles

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State

    Francis Geoffrey Castles;Stephan Leibfried;Jane Lewis;Herbert Obinger

  • Political Parties, Institutions, and the Dynamics of Social Expenditure in Times of Austerity

    Bernhard Kittel;Herbert Obinger

  • Worlds, Families, Regimes: Country Clusters in European and OECD Area Public Policy

    Francis G. Castles;Herbert Obinger

  • Convergence towards where: in what ways, if any, are welfare states becoming more similar?

    Peter Starke;Herbert Obinger;Francis G. Castles

  • Policy Diffusion and Policy Transfer in Comparative Welfare State Research

    Herbert Obinger;Carina Schmitt;Peter Starke

  • Families of nations and public policy.

    Herbert Obinger;Uwe Wagschal

  • Social expenditure and the politics of redistribution

    Francis G. Castles;Herbert Obinger

  • Federalism, Direct Democracy, and Welfare State Development in Switzerland

    Herbert Obinger

  • Transformations of the Welfare State: Small States, Big Lessons

    Herbert Obinger;Peter Starke;Claudia Bogedan;Julia Moser

  • Religion, Class Coalitions, and Welfare States: Index

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  • Partisan Politics and Privatization in OECD Countries

    Herbert Obinger;Carina Schmitt;Reimut Zohlnhöfer

  • Partisan Politics, Globalization, and the Determinants of Privatization Proceeds in Advanced Democracies (1990–2000)

    Reimut Zohlnhöfer;Herbert Obinger;Frieder Wolf

  • Janus-Faced Developments in a Prototypical Bismarckian Welfare State: Welfare Reforms in Austria since the 1970s

    Herbert Obinger;Emmerich Tálos

  • Bypasses to a social Europe? Lessons from federal experience

    Herbert Obinger;Stephan Leibfried;Francis G. Castles

  • Bremst der Föderalismus den Leviathan? Bundesstaat und Sozialstaat im internationalen Vergleich, 1880–2005

    Francis G. Castles;Herbert Obinger;Stephan Leibfried

  • Transformations of the Welfare State

    Herbert Obinger;Peter Starke;Julia Moser;Claudia Bogedan

  • The state of the welfare state: German social policy between macroeconomic retrenchment and microeconomic recalibration

    Stephan Leibfried;Herbert Obinger

  • Federalism and the Welfare State: Introduction: federalism and the welfare state

    Herbert Obinger;Francis G. Castles;Stephen Leibfried

  • Guns and Butter?: Regime Competition and the Welfare State during the Cold War

    Herbert Obinger;Carina Schmitt

  • The Global Emergence of Social Protection: Explaining Social Security Legislation 1820–2013

    Carina Schmitt;Hanna Lierse;Herbert Obinger;Laura Seelkopf

  • Warfare and Welfare: Military Conflict and Welfare State Development in Western Countries

    Herbert Obinger;Klaus Petersen;Peter Starke

  • Mass warfare and the welfare: State causal mechanisms and effects

    Klaus Petersen;Herbert Obinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Leibfried
Stephan Leibfried University of Bremen
Francis G. Castles
Francis G. Castles Australian National University
Reimut Zohlnhöfer
Reimut Zohlnhöfer Heidelberg University
Klaus Armingeon
Klaus Armingeon University of Zurich
Jan-Erik Lane
Jan-Erik Lane University of Geneva
Marius R. Busemeyer
Marius R. Busemeyer University of Konstanz
Giuliano Bonoli
Giuliano Bonoli University of Lausanne
Jane Lewis
Jane Lewis London School of Economics and Political Science
Gebhard Kirchgässner
Gebhard Kirchgässner University of St. Gallen
Lars P. Feld
Lars P. Feld Walter Eucken Institut

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