Publications

Books

Häusermann, Silja (2010). The Politics of Welfare State Reform in Continental Europe: Modernization in Hard Times
Häusermann, Silja (2010). The Politics of Welfare State Reform in Continental Europe: Modernization in Hard Times.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Articles

Häusermann, Silja (2010). Solidarity with whom? Why organized labour is losing ground in continental pension politics.

European Journal of Political Research, 49(2): 233-256. (peer reviewed)

Bonoli, Giuliano and Silja Häusermann (2009). New socio-structural conflicts in social policy issues: evidence from Swiss referendum votes.

European societies 11(2): 211-232 (peer reviewed)

Häusermann, Silja (2008). Le dinamiche di coalizione nella politica pensionista dell'Europa continentale.

Rivista italiana di politiche pubbliche N. 3, 2008: 53-86.

Häusermann, Silja and Bruno Palier (2008). State of the Art Report: The Politics of Employment-friendly Welfare Reforms.

Socio-economic review 2008: 1-28. (peer reviewed)

Häusermann, Silja (2006). "Changing Coalitions in Social Policy Reforms: the Politics of New Social Needs and Demands". Journal of European Social Policy 16(1): 5-21. (Winning article of the Young Researcher Prize by the European Social Policy Analysis Network) (peer reviewed)
Häusermann, Silja, André Mach and Yannis Papadopoulos (2004). "From Corporatism to Partisan Politics. Social Policy Making under Strain in Switzerland". Swiss Political Science Review 10(2): 33-59. (peer reviewed)
Mach, André, Silja Häusermann and Yannis Papadopoulos (2003). "Economic regulatory reforms in Switzerland: Adjustment without European integration or how rigidities become flexible". Journal of European Public Policy 10(2): 302-319. (peer reviewed)

Chapters

Häusermann, Silja (forthcoming). Reform opportunities in a Bismarckian latecomer. Restructuring the Swiss Welfare State.

in Bruno Palier (ed.). A long good-bye to Bismarck? The Politics of Welfare Reform in Continental Europe. Amsterdam University Press.

Häusermann, Silja and Stefanie Walter (2010). Restructuring Swiss welfare politics: post-industrial labour markets, globalization and attitudes towards social policies.

in Simon Hug and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.). Value Change in Switzerland. Lexington Press. 143-168.

Häusermann, Silja (forthcoming). European Politics and Society.

in G.T. Kurian, J.E. Alt, S. Chambers, M. Levi and P. McClain (eds.). International Encyclopedia of Political Science. CQ Press.

Bonoli, Giuliano and Silja Häusermann (2010). New socio-structural conflicts in social policy issues: evidence from Swiss referendum votes.

in Jörg Chet Tremmel (ed.). A Young Generation Under Pressure? The Financial Situation and the "Rush Hour" of the Cohorts 1970-1985 in a Generational Comparison. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer.

Bonoli, Giuliano and Silja Häusermann (forthcoming). "The Swiss welfare state in a comparative European perspective".

in André Mach and Christine Trampusch (eds). Switzerland in Europe, Europe in Switzerland. The Swiss political economy. Routledge

Häusermann, Silja (2009). Policy flexibility vs. policy inertia: coalitional dynamics in German pension reform.

in Giliberto Capano and Michael Howlett (eds.). European and American Experiences in Policy Change: Policy Drivers and Policy Dynamics. London: Routledge. pp. 43-67.

Häusermann, Silja (2008). Ist das politische System der Schweiz in der Lage, den Sozialstaat zu modernisieren?.

In Fabio Bertozzi and Giuliano Bonoli (eds). L'Etat social suisse face aux nouveaux défis sociaux. Lausanne: Presses Polytechniques de Lausanne.

Häusermann, Silja, André Mach and Yannis Papadopoulos (2004). Explaining Policy Transfer Mechanisms in Small European Countries.

In David Levi-Faur and Eran Vigoda (eds.). International Public Policy and Management: Policy Learning beyond Regional, Cultural and Political Boundaries. Marcel Dekker.

Reviews

Häusermann, Silja (2008). Book review of Julia Lynch (2006). Age in the Welfare State. The Origins of Social Spending on Pensioners, Workers and Children. CUP. Journal of European Social Policy 18(1): 104-105.
Bornschier, Simon and Silja Häusermann (2004). Book review of Giuliano Bonoli and Martinn Powell (eds): Social Democratic Party Policies in Contemporary Europe. London: Routledge. Swiss Political Science Review, 10(4): 213-217.

Working papers

Häusermann, Silja and Hanna Schwander (2009). Identifying outsiders across countries: similarities and differences in the patterns of dualization.

RECWOWE Working Paper 09/2009.

Engeli, Isabelle and Silja Häusermann (2009). Government strategies for successful reforms in controversial policy fields.

EUI Working Paper, 2009/1

Häusermann, Silja and Colette Nova (2005). Endlich existenzsichernde Renten: Erste Säule stärken - 3000 Franken Rente für alle.

Bern: Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund, Dossier 34.

Häusermann, Silja and Antonello Spagnolo (2004). Le rôle des énoncés évaluatifs dans les politiques publiques. Cahier de l'Idheap n° 212.
Häusermann, Silja (2003). Internationalisation des politiques publiques et mise en oeuvre fédéraliste. La libéralisation des marchés publics cantonaux en Suisse. Cahier de l'Idheap n° 209.

Conference papers

Häusermann, Silja and Hanna Schwander (2010). "Explaining Welfare Preferences in Dualized Societies".

Paper prepared for the panel "the Dualization of European Societies", 17th Conference of Europeanists, April 14-17th 2010, Montréal CA

Häusermann, Silja (2010). "The changing role of political parties in the reform of continental pension regimes".

paper presented at the 17th Conference of Europeanists, April 14-17th, Montréal, CA

Häusermann, Silja, Georg Picot and Dominik Geering (2010). "Rethinking Party Politics and the Welfare State: Recent Advances in the Literature".

Paper presented at the 17th Conference of Europeanists, April 14-17th, Montréal, CA

Häusermann, Silja and Stefanie Walter (2009). Restructuring welfare politics: post-industrial labor markets, globalization and welfare preferences.

paper presented at the General Conference of the European Consortium of Political Research, September 9-12th, 2009, Potsdam, Germany.

Häusermann, Silja and Hanna Schwander (2009). "Varieties of dualization? Identifying outsiders across countries".

paper prepared for the conference "The dualisation of European societies?", Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK, April 24-25th, 2009.

Häusermann, Silja and Hanna Schwander (2009). "Who are the outsiders and what do they want? Welfare state preferences in dualized societies".

paper presented at the American Political Science Association, annual conference, September 3-6th, 2009, Toronto, Canada.

Häusermann, Silja (2008). "What explains the unfreezing of continental European welfare states?".

Paper last presented at the Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 28th-31st, 2008, Boston, USA

Häusermann, Silja and Giuliano Bonoli (2008). "Disaggregating social policy preferences of age groups: is there age-related competition for welfare?". Paper presented at the workshop "Politics and Public Policies in Ageing Societies. Establishing a new research field.", July 24-25th, 2008, MPfGF, Cologne, Germany.
Häusermann Silja and Stefanie Walter (2008). "Restructuring Swiss welfare politics: post-industrial labor markets, globalization and attitudes towards social policy". Paper contributed to the workshop "value change in Switzerland", March 14th, Zurich, Switzerland
Giuliano Bonoli and Silja Häusermann (2008). "Regulating a public-private heritage of supplementary pension governance". chapter contributed to the workshop "Governance of supplementary pensions in Europe", Feburary 21st-23rd, 2008, MZES, Mannheim, Germany.
Häusermann, Silja (2007). "Beyond continuity: coalitional dynamics as drivers of gradual transformative change in continental pension politics". Paper last presented at the Conference of Europeanists, CES, March 5-7th, 2008, Chicago, USA
Häusermann, Silja (2006). "Different Paths of Family Policy Modernization in Continental Welfare States". Paper presented at the annual conference of the Swiss Political Science Association, November 2-3, 2006, Balsthal
Häusermann, Silja (2006). "Reform Opportunities in a Bismarckian Latecomer: Restructuring the Swiss welfare state". paper presented at the workshop "A Long Good Bye to Bismarck? The Politics of Welfare Reforms in Continental Europe", Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Häusermann, Silja (2006). "The changing conflict structure in pension reforms. Dynamics of coalition-formation in Germany, France and Switzerland". paper last presented at the Conference of Europeanists, March 30th- April 2nd, 2006, Chicago, USA
Häusermann, Silja (2005). "Solidarity with whom? Trade Unions and the Modernization of Pension Policies in Conservative Welfare States". Paper last presented at the ECPR General Conference, September 6-10th, Budapest, Hungary.
Häusermann, Silja (2004). "New winners vs. old losers. Reconfiguration of issue-alliances and reform-coalitions in the politics of new social needs and demands". Paper last presented at the second annual ESPAnet Conference, September 9-11, 2004, Oxford, UK.
Häusermann, Silja (2003). "The politics of new social needs and demands in post-industrial economies. Reconfiguration of issue-alliances and reform-coalitions". Paper presented at the CIS doctoral seminar, Juli 1st, 2004, CIS, Zurich.
Häusermann, Silja, André Mach and Yannis Papadopoulos (2002). "Reconfiguration of national decision-making structures under external and financial pressure: the Swiss case". Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, March 22-27th, 2002, Torino, Italy
Mach, André, Silja Häusermann and Yannis Papadopoulos (2001). "Changes in Decision-Making Processes and State Interventionism under External Pressure: Patterns of Liberalisation and Re-regulation in two sectors - the case of Switzerland". Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, April 6-11th, 2001, Grenoble, France.
Häusermann, Silja, André Mach and Yannis Papadopoulos (2001). "Economic regulatory reforms in Switzerland: Adjustment without European Integration or How Institutional Rigidities Become Flexible". Paper last presented at the First Young Europeanization Network (YEN) Meeting, November 2, 2001, Siena, Italy
Häusermann, Silja, André Mach and Yannis Papadopoulos (2001). "Changing Interactions between Corporatist and Parliamentary Arenas in Social Policy: Reform Processes in the Field of Swiss Pension Policy and Unemployment Insturance in the 90s". Paper presented at the annual congress of the Swiss Political Science Association, November 8-9th, 2001, Fribourg, Switzerland

Presentations

The changing role of political parties in the reform of continental welfare states. Changing electoral constituencies as drivers of reform.

Invited talk given at the Centre d'études européennes, Sciences Po Paris, February 6th 2010.

What explains the „unfreezing“ of continental welfare states? Changing electoral constituencies as drivers of reform.

Invited talk given at the Political Economy Seminar of Oxford University, February 26th 2010.

Labour Market Dualism: The status, attitudes and preferences of insiders and outsiders.

Invited talk to be given at the Max Weber "Inequality Conference" at the EUI, May 6th, 2010.

Party-political Implications of Economic Dualism and Immigration .

Invited talk to be given at the European University Institute, Florence, June 11th, 2010.

Reform opportunities in a Bismarckian Latecomer: Restructuring the Swiss Welfare State.

Invited talk given at the Centre d'études européennes, Paris, April 25th, 2007.

"Betreuungspolitik im Ländervergleich". Invited talk given at the Fachtagung "Kinderbetreuung - Modelle für die Schweiz", September 18th, 2006, Zurich; and at the "Aktionstag Kita", November 20th, 2006, St. Gallen.
"Trade unions and the modernization of pension policy in conservative welfare states". Invited talk given at the "Journées de la comparaison en sciences sociales", October 28th, 2005, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
"Reconfiguration des processus de décision en Suisse selon deux modèles". Invited presentation given at the national action day of the Swiss National Science Foundation priority program "Demain la Suisse", November 28th, 2003, Bern (together with André Mach and Yannis Papadopoulos).

Newspaper articles

Häusermann, Silja (2008). „Neither inertia nor dismantling: the restructuring of continental European pension regimes”. CIS-Newsletter, January 2008.
Beyeler, Michelle and Silja Häusermann (2005). „Was ist sozial am europäischen Modell?“. CIS-Tribüne, Tagesanzeiger Zurich, October 28th, 2005.
Häusermann, Silja (2004). "La flexicurity pour du socialement correct". HR-today 1/2004: 8.
Papadopoulos, Yannis, André Mach et Silja Häusermann. "Comment la Suisse s'adapte à l'Europe sans en avoir l'air". Le Temps, Geneva, June 21st, 2002.
Papadopoulos, Yannis, Silja Häusermann und André Mach. "Rascher zu Reformen fähig als man meint". Tages-Anzeiger Zürich, July 24th, 2002.