The Future of Social Policy: Hard Lessons from the U.S.
We cordially invite you on behalf of the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and the Hertie School of Governance to join us for a lecture and discussion on:
The Future of Social Policy: Hard Lessons from the U.S.
by Prof. David Ellwood, PhD
Dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Discussant:
Prof. Dr. Claus Offe, Hertie School of Governance
Thursday, June 19, 2008
2:00 — 3:30 p.m.
Hertie School of Governance
Schlossplatz 1 - 10178 Berlin
In the mid-1990s, David Ellwood was involved in the United States’ rather dramatic change in social policy, moving from a public assistance oriented system toward one designed to support, encourage — and in some cases, require — work. The talk will review the lessons from that episode with an eye toward challenges facing Germany and Europe in the years ahead.
David Ellwood is Scott M. Black Professor of Political Economy and has served as Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, since 2004. In 1993, he was named Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) where he served as co-chair of President Clinton’s Working Group on Welfare Reform, Family Support and Independence. At HHS, Ellwood played a key role in the Administration’s development and implementation of critical social policy. A labor economist who also specializes in family change, low pay and unemployment, his most recent research focuses on the changing structure of American families. Ellwood is the author of numerous books and articles, including Welfare Realities: From Rhetoric to Reform, co-authored with Mary Jo Bane.
Claus Offe teaches Political Sociology at the Hertie School of Governance. He completed his PhD at the University of Frankfurt and his Habilitation at the University of Konstanz. In Germany, he has held chairs for Political Science and Political Sociology at the Universities of Bielefeld (1975-1989) and Bremen (1989-1995), as well as at the Humboldt-University of Berlin (1995-2005). He has worked as fellow and visiting professor at, among others, the Institutes for Advanced Study in Stanford, Princeton, and the Australian National University as well as Harvard University, the University of California at Berkeley and the New School University, New York.
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Regards,
Axel Rueckemann
Communications and Events
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