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OTTO VON BISMARCK’S SOCIAL POLICY AS COVERED BY “VESTNIK EVROPY” (BULLETIN OF EUROPE) // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2013. Issue 7 (135). P. 69-75

The article presents the interpretation of Bismarck’s social policy by Russian “Vestnik Evropy”, the leading Russian liberal publication of the 2nd half of the 19th century. The article central issue is in the comparative studies of the constitutional traditions and values of the liberal Russian circles and German public opinion regarding social welfare state reforms. The author states that the journal appreciation of Bismarck’s role in social welfare reorganisation of Germany in the last decade of the 19th century transformed from sharp criticism of his reforms to acknowledgement of his contribution into the state welfare system.

Keywords: social policy, social insurance, “Bulletin of Europe” , O. Bismarck, Wilhelm II, the Reichstag, Reich Chancellor, reform, journalism, review, liberalism, conservatism, the working class

DISCOURSE OF GERMAN HISTORIANS ON THE SOCIAL POLICY OF O. BISMARCK // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2015. Issue 2 (155). P. 78-83

The article analyzes the German historical literature devoted to various aspects of social policy realized by Otto von Bismarck. The first Chancellor of Germany created the world's first welfare state in the 1880s. He worked closely with large industry and aimed to stimulate German economic growth by giving workers greater social security. Following that works of German researchers are mostly devoted to problems of internal policy realized by O. Bismarck, such as “an exclusive law against socialists”, “Kulturkampf”, social legislation of 1880-ies, the author makes a conclusion about the necessity to study in complex the historiography of a social policy implemented in the second half of XIX century by O. Bismarck.

Keywords: social policy, social insurance, welfare state, social maneuvering, O. Bismarck, historiography, reform, neo liberalism, working class