Verein für Socialpolitik

The Association for Social policy is an economic union in the German language area. It has its seat in Frankfurt am Main. He currently has about 3,800 individual and 48 corporate members. The association publishes the series of writings of the Association for Social Policy ( New Series ), and two magazines ( German Economic Review and Prospects of Economic Policy).

He works 23 standing committees with all branches of economics. Chairman since 2011, Michael C. Burda.

History

The club was founded in 1873. Adolf hero was secretary from 1873. He belonged to economists such as Gustav von Schmoller (Chairman 1890-1917 ), Adolf Wagner and Lujo Brentano.

In connection with the great upsurge of Prussia and Germany, a new school of economics, which sought to find a historical and psychological ground a bridge between the Manchester liberals and the social revolutionary ideas of socialism was emerging. Revolutionary agitation of Ferdinand Lassalle and Karl Marx seemed to them as unsuitable as the laissez-faire policies of the Liberals in order to improve the situation of the workers. The Historical School created in the formation of the Association for Social Policy and a constitution influenced more and more by their signature publication, the public interest in Germany and beyond.

Heinrich Bernhard Oppenheim coined for the members of the notion of " socialists " in order to brand them as a representative of an anti- liberal state interventionism. Critique of the dark side of liberalism, however, was often a lump sum regarded by liberals as socialism, even if this criticism did not come from the socialist camp. According to Gustav Schmoller v. he wanted and the members ' stand on the basis of the existing order, the lower classes to the extent, form and reconcile, that they blend in harmony and peace in the organism. " At the time of the freedom of trade the rights of workers and their minimal treatment were often inhumane. In addition, the workers had until the formation of the social security system in the 1880s ( Wilhelmine Germany was considered a pioneer nation in the modern social policy ) is hardly a hedge against invalidity, illness or unemployment; and serious injury and death at work at that time were many of the typical workday.

The teaching of the historical school quickly found public interest beyond Germany; so in the English Fabians and the North American Academy of Political and Social Science. Your scientific papers on Social Affairs have not merely been an influence on the then rising generation, but also to the German policy, especially on Otto von Bismarck. The representatives of this school have influenced the German Political Science from 1860-1914 decisively and put on a much broader basis than the purely mathematical analysis of classical economics.

The association, however, was himself no organization of the labor movement, only exceptionally could with him about union officials own words and explain their positions. No interest was the opinion of the Social Democrats and the Social Democratic trade unionists, which at the time had a strong socialist orientation. After serious internal conflicts, the socio-political "agitation club " developed continuously into a politically neutral, multidisciplinary society. In 1936, the Association dissolved itself in order to escape the DC circuit. In 1948 he was re-established. Since 1956 he leads the suffix Society for Economic and Social Sciences.

Prices

The association annually awards the following awards:

• Gossen Prize for an economist from the German-speaking world, who has won international acclaim with his work.
• Gustav Stolper Prize for outstanding scientists, who with findings of economic research influenced public discussion about economic issues and problems and made ​​important contributions to the understanding and solution of economic problems.
• Reinhard Selten Prize (Young Author Best Paper Award) for contributions, which are characterized in particular by its originality, significance of the question and a clean methodology. The prize of 3000 euros prize is awarded to writers or writers who are under 32.

Known members

• Otto Arendt (1854-1936), German publicist and politician, co-founder of the Association
• Lujo Brentano (1844-1931), German economist, co-founder of the Association
• Gustav Cohn (1840-1919), German economist
• Honest Werner (1920-2012), German economist
• Justus Haucap (* 1969), German economist
• Martin Hellwig (* 1949), German economist
• Ignaz Jastrow (1856-1937), German historian and social policy
• Georg Friedrich Knapp (1842-1926), German economist
• Roland Kirstein (* 1965), German economist
• Joachim Möller ( * 1953 ), German economist
• Dieter Pohmer (1925-2013), German economist and university professor
• Rudolf Richter (* 1926), German economist
• Franz Johannes von Rottenburg (1845-1907), Prussian lawyer and head of the Reich Chancellery
• Alexander Rustow (1885-1963), German social scientist and economist
• Gertrud Savelsberg (1899-1984), German social scientist and deputy. Director of the Institute for the World Economy
• Wolf Schäfer ( b. 1941 ), German economist
• Ludwig Friedrich Seyffardt (1827-1901), German textile entrepreneur and politician
• Gustav von Schmoller (1838-1917), German economist
• Friedrich Schneider (* 1949), German economist
• Gustav von Schönberg (1839-1908), German economist
• Hans -Werner Sinn (* 1948), German economist
• Werner Sombart (1863-1941), German sociologist and economist
• Hans -Jürgen Wagener (* 1941), German economist and economist
• Adolph Wagner (1835-1917), German economist
• Alfred Weber (1868-1958), German sociologist, philosopher and economist
• Max Weber (1864-1920), German sociologist and economist

Literature and sources

• The archives of the Association for Social Policy is kept Rhineland Department of the Provincial Archives of North Rhine -Westphalia.
• Gustav Schmoller: Floor plan of the general economics. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, p 119 (online).