„Helden“ oder Arbeiter*innen?: Systemrelevanz und Demokratie

Hürtgen Stefanie ()
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Hürtgen Stefanie: Universität Salzburg, Fachbereich Soziologie und Sozialwissenschaftliche Geographie, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020Salzburg, Österreich

Arbeit, 2022, vol. 31, issue 1-2, 115-132

Abstract: The article discusses the everyday political intervention of workers in terms of their “systemic relevance” in terms of democracy theory. The thesis is that objectively and subjectively there is a fundamental connection between social democracy and the societal character of (wage) work, which has received too little attention in scholarship. The paper begins with an account of everyday political interventions regarding systemic relevance, subsequently discusses the connection between the concepts of work and democracy, and updates this approach with reference to the ecofeminist debate and a concept of work as caring practice. Finally, the political transformation of workers into “heroes” in discourse is outlined as an attack on social democracy.

Keywords: Democracy; citizenship; systemic relevance; care; societal work; Demokratie; Citizenship; Systemrelevanz; Care; gesellschaftliche Arbeit; Democracy; citizenship; systemic relevance; care; societal work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1515/arbeit-2022-0007

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