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Social Justice and the German Labour Market
A Critical Inquiry into Normative Institutional Analysis
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Social Justice and the German Labour Market
A Critical Inquiry into Normative Institutional Analysis
About this book
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.
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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Table of contents
- Contents
- List of Tables, Figures, and Graphs
- List of Acronyms
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction. Normative Theory and Empirical Research
- Chapter One. Defining the Hartz Regime
- Part I. HOW CAN WE STUDY LABOUR MARKET INSTITUTIONS WITH A NORMATIVE THEORY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE?
- Chapter Two. Theories of Justice and Comparative Political Economy
- Chapter Three. Social Justice between System and Lifeworld
- Chapter Four. Social Justice in Contemporary Labour Markets
- Chapter Five. Methodology and Method
- Part II. IS THE HARTZ REGIME SOCIALLY JUST?
- Chapter Six. From Lifeworld to System: Action Orientations and the Hartz Regime
- Chapter Seven. From System to Lifeworld: Normative Constraints and Instrumental Reasoning in the Social Structure of German Capitalism
- Chapter Eight. Conclusion: Linking Wealth Inequality to Social Justice
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author