SUSANNE ALBRECHT, Hannover und BRITTA KLAGGE, Osnabrck:
Arbeitsmrkte im Umbruch
– Erosion der Erwerbsgesellschaft?
Labour Markets in Transition – erosion of the German labour model?
As part of larger societal restructuring, the German
labour market and labour relations are currently undergoing profound and
complex changes which can potentially lead to the erosion of the German labour
model. While fulltime employment with full social security and traditional
corporative institutions are becoming less important, other more flexible forms
of labour and regulation are gaining in importance. Following an empirical
analysis of the flexibilization of labour as well as its causes and
consequences, the article explores three theoretical approaches which help to
explain the recent changes, namely (1) segmentation theory, (2) social-science
conceptualizations of precarious work and life, and (3) comparative capitalism
research, particularly the Ňvarieties of capitalismÓ debate. After providing a
brief introduction to these approaches we discuss how they can benefit from
scale-sensitive perspectives and the challenges and opportunities for a
geography of labour that takes up these approaches. A review of the remaining
articles in this issue substantiates our claim that geography can make valuable
contributions to better understanding the complexity of changes in labour
markets and labour relations.
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