Armin Tschoepe

Armin Tschoepe (born December 10, 1938 in Berlin ; † May 16, 2002 in Berlin) was a German sociologist and social politician ( SPD ).

Tschoepe worked at the social research center at the University of Münster in Dortmund and in 1965 was a research assistant to Dieter Claessens at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, co-author of the sociological longseller Social Studies of the Federal Republic of Germany , which was published many times and used as a textbook.

Tschoepe later turned to an administrative career. In 1969 he took over the newly established Family Policy Department in the Berlin Senate Department for Youth and Sport. The program he introduced for self-governing parent-child groups, which received a state grant to relieve the pressure on the scarce places in public day-care centers, was very successful (today: parent-initiative day-care centers). From 1971 to 1975 he was head of the planning group there, and from 1975 to 1982 head of the department for public education. After Ilse Reichel (SPD) was in charge of the Senate Youth Administration in 1981, Hanna-Renate Laurien (CDU ) took on the role of Head of the State Social Welfare Office in Hamburg from 1982 to 1989. From 1989 to 1995 he was State Secretary for Social Affairs in Berlin under Senator Ingrid Stahmer (SPD). As State Secretary, Tschoepe campaigned for the privatization of care for the elderly .

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Biographical note from the SPD Berlin

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^ Dieter Claessens, Arno Klönne , Armin Tschoepe: Social studies of the Federal Republic of Germany . Eugen Diederichs Verlag 1965 (many revised new editions)

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SURNAME	Tschoepe, Armin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sociologist and social politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH	December 10, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	May 16, 2002
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Dieter Claessens, Arno Klönne , Armin Tschoepe: Social studies of the Federal Republic of Germany . Eugen Diederichs Verlag 1965 (many revised new editions)