Social justice and the German labour market : a critical inquiry into normative institutional analysis
Douglas Voigt
"The neoliberal transformation of welfare state institutions has intensified social inequalities, raising questions of social justice across European varieties of capitalism. In Germany, this transformation occurred with Third Way social democracy and the consequent Hartz reforms. After ten years of reducing unemployment, this 'Hartz Regime' is now cited as a model for reforming other European political economies. Despite this apparent success, it has also received criticism for exacerbating the social injustices of neoliberal capitalism, ultimately leading to the question: how do we know if the German Hartz Regime is socially just? Drawing on the Frankfurt School of critical theory, this study demonstrates not only how to develop a theory of social justice for empirically studying labour market institutions, but also illustrates it through an extensive study of the German case. The result is both unsurprising and reinforces classical social democratic concerns: not only the Hartz Regime, but capitalism itself, is inherently unjust. By accepting this previously recognised conclusion, the book provides a critical framework for the normative evaluation of empirical institutions, effective for studying the varieties of social (in)justice in contemporary capitalism beyond Germany."
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[2019]
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Authors: | Voigt, Douglas |
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London : Rowman & Littlefield International |
Subject: | Arbeitsmarktpolitik | Labour market policy | Arbeitsmarktreform | Labour market reform | Lohnersatzleistungen | Earnings replacement benefits | Arbeitsmarkt | Labour market | Soziale Gerechtigkeit | Social justice | Institutionenökonomik | Institutional economics | Deutschland | Germany | Institutionenökonomie |
Description of contents: | Table of Contents [d-nb.info] |
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Extent: | xi, 235 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 23 cm |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Hochschulschrift ; Bibliografie |
Language: | English |
Thesis: | Dissertation, King's College London, 2017 |
Notes: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 217-229 |
ISBN: | 978-1-78661-352-3 ; 978-1-78661-353-0 |
Classification: | Einkommen, Beschäftigung, Arbeitsmarkt |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013490638
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