Nachhaltige Arbeit - die sozial-ökologische Transformation der Arbeitsgesellschaft befördern

Abstract

In der Nachhaltigkeitsdebatte wird oft auf Karl Polanyis Werk Die Große Transformation Bezug genommen. Dies erfolgt allerdings in der Regel verkürzt, da insbesondere Polanyis Ausführungen zur Kommodifizierung von Arbeit unberücksichtigt bleiben. Für die weitere Debatte erachten wir es in analytischer wie transformativer Hinsicht für unabdingbar, Polanyis Argumentation in ihrer ganzen Tragweite aufzunehmen. Einen zentralen Baustein dafür sehen wir in der Entwicklung eines Konzepts der sozial-ökologischen Transformation hin zu einer nachhaltigen Arbeit(sgesellschaft).

Peaks and gaps in eco-social policy and sustainable welfare: A systematic literature map of the research landscape

“…• Ecological labour (market) policy: On labour (market) policy, research differs strongly in the depth of the assumed transformation and work critique (Hoffmann and Paulsen, 2020). The concept of sustainable work is quite influential (Barth et al, 2016) but only a few proposals exist for designing and analysing concrete ecological labour market policies (Bohnenberger, 2022;Stamm et al, 2020). Further research covers environmental protection in the workplace (Afshar Jahanshahi et al, 2021), green skills, the climate effects of a reduction in paid work (Antal et al, 2020), and consequences of work and time policies on sustainable lifestyles (Smetschka et al, 2019).…”

“…Climate mainstreaming requires bringing ecological considerations into all domains of the welfare state. Currently, this is already taking place in health policy with planetary health campaigns (Hensher et al, 2019), and in employment policy with sustainable work approaches (Barth et al, 2016). The starting point in other social security fields could be an analysis of the ecological footprint of existing measures and institutions, distinguishing direct environmental impacts through procurement, expenditure and infrastructure, and indirect impacts through incentives, opportunities and rules of the social security programmes.…”

From “Decent work and economic growth” to “Sustainable work and economic degrowth”: a new framework for SDG 8

“…The sustainable work concept focuses on work as a relation between society and nature, in other words a relation of societal throughput in the economy. Relevant literature includes research on degrowth, postwork and ecofeminist critiques of both the organisation of work (productive and reproductive work), and its role in driving environmental crises through the consumption of materials/primary energy (Littig 2002(Littig , 2018UNDP 2015;Barth et al 2016Barth et al , 2018Barth et al , 2019. Sustainable work also makes practical and normative suggestions for the societal organisation of work.…”

The Economy for the Common Good: a European countermovement against the destructive impacts of laissez-faire capitalism?

“…However, from a historical perspective, this era of "democratic capitalism" (Streeck, 2014) was comparatively short. Today, as a laissez-faire market economy has gained momentum again, one can witness the destruction of vital ecosystems on a global scale (Rockström et al, 2009) as well as the (re)emergence of living and working conditions that systematically fall below established social and human right standards along with the exploitation and devaluation of non-market forms of labour (Raworth, 2012;Barth et al, 2018). In reaction to these developments, https://doi.org/10.5771/2566-7742-2019-1-103, am 06.12.2021, 06:17:40…”