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Schöne neue Arbeitswelt

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Der Traum von der Vollbeschäftigung ist ausgeträumt. In der neuen Realität sind die Hiobsbotschaften des Arbeitsmarkts die Siegesmeldungen der Börsen. Milliardengewinne sind kein Hinderungsgrund für Massenentlassungen. Diese Tatsachen haben fundamentale Konsequenzen für Staat und Gesellschaft. Der McKinsey-Kapitalismus von Deutscher Bank, Allianz und BenQ-Siemens stürzt Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft in eine Glaubwürdigkeitskrise. Selbst Porsche-Chef Wendelin Wiedeking warnt: „Das kann dazu führen, daß unsere ganze Gesellschaft instabil wird.“
Wer heute über Arbeitslosigkeit nachdenkt, darf sich nicht in den alten Streitbegriffen vom „zweiten Arbeitsmarkt“, der „Senkung der Lohnkosten“ oder der „Staatsquote“ verfangen. Auch ein Turbowachstum wird die gute alte Vollbeschäftigungsgesellschaft nicht wiederbeleben. Ulrich Beck stellt die brisanten Fragen: Wie wird ein sinnvolles Leben möglich, auch wenn man keinen Arbeitsplatz findet? Also: Wie wird Demokratie jenseits der Vollbeschäftigungsgesellschaft möglich?

237 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

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Ulrich Beck

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Ulrich Beck was a German sociologist. He coined the term risk society and was a professor of Sociology at Munich University and the London School of Economics.

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1,377 reviews46 followers
October 8, 2014

Ok, yes, two books in a row with 'Brave New World' in the title. Amazon knows me well. This one is about the future of work and takes as its premise the death of the implicit contract of full-time employment for most everyone (at least everyone white and male) that existed in the US and much of Western Europe in the middle twentieth century.

There are some interesting ideas here about what might take its place, centered around the idea of 'civil labor', a sort of activist, publicly-funded but privately-organized community volunteerism. At least I think that's what it is. The writing is the dull and opaque sort of academese that makes for hard reading.

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1,342 reviews255 followers
July 8, 2021
Twenty years ago, Ulrich Beck looked at the alarming cracks in the facade of the German welfare state. Perhaps the most interesting part of the book are his ten possible work scenarios for the future, but which with a little more effort and analysis could probably have been halved. In a sense what Beck intuits is a gig economy...it is a shallow and not a pretty picture.

I would not recommend the book unless you are very interested in the history of work, the erosion of the middle class and the welfare state. I confess I abandoned the book half-way through.
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May 3, 2025
Best interessante ideeën, maar de auteur maakt het onnodig ingewikkeld, met overdreven veel moeilijke, academische begrippen, ook wanneer het net eenvoudig zou kunnen worden uitgelegd
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September 28, 2008
Sheds a lot of light. A real motivator to turn off reality television and stop eating at McDonalds. You'll understand when you read it.
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