Future of the Social State – New ISÖ book published in the German Association for Public and Private Welfare

Michael Opielka – 19. May 2017
Future of the Social State – New ISÖ book published in the German Association for Public and Private Welfare

In the series “Social Work Controversy” of the German Association for Public and Private Welfare, the umbrella organization for welfare care in Germany, the book “What is the future of the sociastaat?” A prognosis of Michael Opielka was published in April 2017: www.isoe.org/publications/books/michael-opielka-which-future-the-social-state-a-prognosis-2017/ The publisher announces the book as follows: “The social state is threatened: Demographic and cultural change, work 4.0 and the dissolution of the family’s relationships, the author draws up the solutions to a social policy of the 21st century, which is committed to a program of “social sustainability.” He discusses the idea of the basic income in the light of different justice principles and welfare regimes, the role of social work and the importance of participation in the future shaping of the social state. “