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Forschungsbericht 2016
(2016)
Freiheit, Gleichheit, Schwesterlichkeit?
Wie kam die Gleichberechtigung ins Grundgesetz? Was haben Macht, Herrschaft und Geschlecht miteinander zu tun? Bedeutet Demokratie, dass Frauen und Männer die gleichen Chancen zur Teilhabe haben?
Diese Einführung verschafft Studierenden einen Überblick über den Zusammenhang von Politik und Geschlecht und die politikwissenschaftliche Diskussion zu diesem Thema.
Social policy reforms in Germany have, among other goals, targeted the question of how to transform gendered divisions of labour into an adult worker model. According to this model, both partners contribute to the household’s income. Whether and in how far the reforms, and notably those of the social security system SGB II (‘Hartz IV’), have realized this model is a matter of dispute. The article contributes to the debate by analyzing reforms of the past decade with respect to the question of which gender role models are supported by the reforms. As the analysis shows, the reforms support different models at the same time. On the other hand the article asks whether an adult worker model should be the main goal of emancipatory reforms and argues that a gender sensitive concept for social policy should mainly focus on more autonomy.
Forschungsbericht 2013
(2014)
Old wine in new wineskins?
(2013)
In the mid 2000s, a fundamental labour market reform has been carried out in Germany. The so-called Hartz-reforms were supposed to implement the paradigms of “activation” and “individual responsibility”. It was also discussed, whether in this context the “adult worker model” and more gender equality in the labour market should and could be achieved. This article clarifies the reforms ambivalent impact on women: there is a stronger but only partial labour market inclusion predominantly into the low-wage sector. Women´s responsibility in private care remains unchanged. Besides, in both fields, gender equality is not only a matter of quantity but also of quality. In other words, it is not about work inclusion at any cost, but rather the circumstances for female employment must be critically analyzed. The labour market reforms have so far done little to oppose the gender specific structures of the labour market.