The not-so dualized society: chances of a cleavage formation from labor market dualization

Die Dissertation befasst sich mit der Frage, ob und welche Konsequenzen aus der Dualisierung des Arbeitsmarktes erwachsen. Am Beispiel Deutschlands untersucht sie, ob es ausreichende Unterschiede zwischen Insidern und Outsidern am Arbeitsmarkt gibt, um von der Entstehung eines neuen politischen Clea...

Verfasser: Hense, Svenja
Weitere Beteiligte: Schäfer, Armin (Gutachter)
FB/Einrichtung:FB 06: Erziehungswissenschaft und Sozialwissenschaften
Dokumenttypen:Dissertation/Habilitation
Medientypen:Text
Erscheinungsdatum:2019
Publikation in MIAMI:14.04.2020
Datum der letzten Änderung:14.04.2020
Angaben zur Ausgabe:[Electronic ed.]
Schlagwörter:Dualisierung; Arbeitsmarkt; Cleavagetheorie; Politische Soziologie; Politische Ökonomie; Deutschland Dualization; labor market; cleavage theory; political sociology; political economy; Germany
Fachgebiet (DDC):320: Politikwissenschaft
Lizenz:CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Sprache:English
Hochschulschriftenvermerk:Zugl. Münster (Westfalen), Univ., Diss., 2019
Format:PDF-Dokument
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-31169704332
Permalink:https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-31169704332
Onlinezugriff:diss_hense.pdf
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
  • List of figures and tables ................................................................................................................. 5
  • 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 9
  • 1.1 The argument in a nutshell ............................................................................................. 9
  • 1.2 The problem and its context ......................................................................................... 10
  • 1.3 Contributions of this thesis ........................................................................................... 14
  • 1.4 The structure of this study ............................................................................................ 17
  • 2. Concepts of this thesis .......................................................................................................... 20
  • 2.1 What do I mean by “dualization”? ................................................................................ 20
  • 2.2 Dualization in contrast to precarity .............................................................................. 24
  • 2.3 Why Germany? Case selection ...................................................................................... 27
  • 3. What causes dualization? Explanations at the macro level .................................................. 29
  • 3.1 The role of the welfare state ......................................................................................... 30
  • 3.2 Dualization in a VoC perspective................................................................................... 32
  • 3.3 The role of political actors: parties and unions ............................................................. 33
  • 3.4 Macro factors in Germany ............................................................................................ 38
  • 3.5 The Hartz reforms ......................................................................................................... 40
  • 4. Who are the outsiders? Factors at the micro level ............................................................... 48
  • 5. The transformative power of dualization: Prerequisites of a cleavage formation ............... 54
  • 6. Operationalization ................................................................................................................ 58
  • 7. What dualization in Germany looks like: Outsiders back then and now .............................. 64
  • 7.1 Descriptive analyses ...................................................................................................... 65
  • 7.2 Multivariate analyses .................................................................................................... 73
  • 7.2.1 Findings ................................................................................................................. 76
  • 7.2.2 Changes over time................................................................................................. 77
  • 7.3 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................... 80
  • 8. Is there any difference? Preference gaps between insiders and outsiders .......................... 82
  • 8.1 Literature review ........................................................................................................... 82
  • 8.2 Data and methods ......................................................................................................... 90
  • 8.2.1 Survey data as a source to study policy preferences ............................................ 90
  • 8.2.2 Operationalization and measurement .................................................................. 93
  • 8.3 Findings ......................................................................................................................... 98
  • 8.3.1 Repeatedly asked questions ............................................................................... 100
  • 8.3.2 Opinion differences in size and on different dimensions ................................... 104
  • 8.3.3 Robustness Checks .............................................................................................. 111
  • 8.4 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 113
  • 9.Is there reason to be discontent? How politics responds to insiders and outsiders .......... 115
  • 9.1 Literature review ......................................................................................................... 116
  • 9.2 Data and methods ....................................................................................................... 118
  • 9.3 Findings ....................................................................................................................... 119
  • 9.4 Robustness checks ...................................................................................................... 123
  • 9.5 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 124
  • 10.Is there an ally in sight? Insiders’ and outsiders’ party choice ....................................... 125
  • 10.1 Literature review ......................................................................................................... 126
  • 10.2 Recent changes in the German party system ............................................................. 130
  • 10.3 Hypotheses .................................................................................................................. 134
  • 10.4 Data and methods ....................................................................................................... 135
  • 10.5 Findings ....................................................................................................................... 137
  • 10.6 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 142
  • 11.Discussion ........................................................................................................................ 145
  • References................................................................................................................................... 155
  • Appendix ..................................................................................................................................... 180
  • Eigenständigkeitserklärung ......................................................................................................... 201.