Variations of welfare capitalism after the decline of state socialim: Bargaining societies on the basis of value orientations and resources of action

• Main Author: Holtmann, Dieter
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Potsdam 2000
• Subjects: Social sciences
• Online Access: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-10663; http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2006/1066/

Contents:<br><br> 1. Capitalist societies as market-bargaining societies on the basis of resources of action: The idealtypical bargain between capital and labour; an alternative to Marx' theory of exploitation<br> - Discussion of the model<br> 2. A general typology of paths of societies in history and a characterisation of state socialism<br> - People's capitalisms as perspective of development<br> - What remains from Marx' ideas?<br> 3. Variations of welfare capitalism after the decline of state socialism<br> 3.1 National differences of welfare capitalism<br> 3.2 Overall inequality of income and overall class consciousness<br> 3.3 Explaining income inequality and variation in class consciousness by class and gender<br> 3.3.1 A test of different class models in the FRG<br> 3.3.2 Developing an international model of gendered occupational and employment status as bundles of resources of action<br> 4. Summary