Long-term Unemployment and the Capability Approach – The Case of the German Labor Market

Michael Olejniczak

doi:10.5771/0935-9915-2012-2-140

Contents
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- 89–92 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 89–92
- 93–97 Editorial 93–97
- 98–118 Applying the Capability Approach Empirically: An Overview with Special Attention to Labor Ortrud Leßmann Ortrud Leßmann 98–118
- 119–139 What Does Flexicurity Have to Gain from the Capability-Approach? René Lehwess-Litzmann René Lehwess-Litzmann 119–139
- 140–157 Long-term Unemployment and the Capability Approach – The Case of the German Labor Market Michael Olejniczak Michael Olejniczak 140–157
- 158–172 Assessing Employee Voice in Restructuring Processes against the Capability Approach. A Case Study in the Swiss Metal Sector Jean-Michel Bonvin, Éric Moachon Jean-Michel Bonvin, Éric Moachon 158–172
- 173–190 Connecting Developments in Corporate Human Management Thinking to the Capability Approach as Used in International Development Research John Cameron, Abena Eyeson John Cameron, Abena Eyeson 173–190
- 191–216 Empowering People in the Business Frontline: The Ruggie’s Framework and the Capability Approach César G. Canton César G. Canton 191–216
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Long-term Unemployment and the Capability Approach – The Case of the German Labor Market

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Michael Olejniczak

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0935-9915-2012-2-140
- ISSN: 0935-9915
- ISSN online: 1861-9908
Abstract

This text focuses on long-term unemployment in the German labor market caused by insufficient work skills capabilities and discusses the deficits of the current policy in improving the situation of job seekers who are repeatedly rejected in their efforts to find a job. For both the German approach to this problem as well as for the European labor policy a neoliberal orientation is still the paradigm, complemented in part by social democratic ideas and labeled “New Deal”. Distinct to the incoherent normative foundations of labor policy, the EU favors the normative base of the capability approach for measuring wealth and poverty. The capability approach (CA) provides a comprehensive, normative instrument for evaluation of individual welfare and social structures as well as a certain orientation of social policy. The text discusses the deficits of the current labor market policy and suggests the capability approach as a perspective for a new policy.
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