Department of Social Policy and Social Work

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Georg Picot

Georg Picot
Position:
Departmental Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy
Telephone (+01865):
(2)80322
Email Address:
georg.picot@spi.ox.ac.uk

Personal Info

Georg Picot is a Departmental Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy  and Associate Member at Nuffield College.  His research interests are in politics of social policy, labour market transformations, labour market policy, family policy, and historical welfare state research. He obtained his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Milan and worked at the Collegio Carlo Alberto in Turin as well as at the University of Heidelberg. His current research examines, generally, the relation between political parties and the welfare state.  More specifically, he is interested in how welfare states shape the social composition of national electorates and, hence, party politics.

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Publications

  • Picot, G. (2012) Politics of Segmentation: Party Competition and Social Protection in Europe, London and New York: Routledge.
  • Marx, P. & Picot, G. (2011) 'Die sozialpolitischen Präferenzen der Mittelschicht: Antiebskraft oder Bremse?', Sozialer Fortschritt, Vol. 60, (12), pp289-295.
  • Picot, G.  (2009) 'Party Competition and Reforms of Unemployment Benefits in Germany: How a Small Change in Electoral Demand Can Make a Big Difference', German Politics, vol. 18(2), pp155-179.
  • Schmid, J. & Picot, G. (2001) 'Welfare to Work' bei Blair und Schröder – eine Idee, zwei Realitäten?’, in G. Hirscher and R. Sturm (eds): Die Strategie des ‘Dritten Weges’. Legitimation und Praxis sozialdemokrati-scher Regierungspolitik, Munich: Olzog, pp229-264.

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