Soc Polit. 2011;18(4):543-71. doi: 10.1093/sp/jxr022.
The expansion of employment-centered family policies of the Grand Coalition in Germany came with some surprise, as Christian Democrats have traditionally been strongly committed to the male breadwinner model and corresponding family policies. This article investigates why Christian Democrats (though with some inconsistencies) promoted “social-democratic” family policies guided by the adult worker rather than by the male breadwinner model. Illuminating the politics of recent family policy reforms, the electoral rationale for this modernization of family policy, the role of political entrepreneurship, and intraparty political conflicts over the new policy paradigm are discussed.
德国大联合政府扩大以就业为中心的家庭政策，令人颇感意外，因为基督教民主党传统上一直坚定支持男性养家糊口模式和相应的家庭政策。本文探讨了基督教民主党（尽管存在一些不一致之处）为何会推动以成年工人为导向而不是以男性养家糊口模式为导向的“社会民主”家庭政策。本文通过探讨近期家庭政策改革的政治背景、这种家庭政策现代化的选举理由、政治创业精神的作用以及新政策范式在党内引发的政治冲突，揭示了家庭政策改革的政治逻辑。
