18. January 2017
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Vier Beiträge der Tagung Sozialstaat 4.0 sind im Januar 2017 als Schwerpunkt der Zeitschrift für Sozialreform erschienen.
Im Editorial sprechen Frank Nullmeier und ich einige zentrale Aspekte der Diskussion um die Zukunft des Sozialstaats in einer digitalen Ökonomie an. Continue Reading →
18. August 2016
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At the International Conference on Cross-movement Mobilization which will take place on April 5-7, 2017 at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (http://www.isb.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/forschung/cross-movement-mobilization.html.en) Jochen Roose and I organize a session on the influence of social movements on other movements’ mobilizations for which we invite abstract submissions:
Session V: Protest waves or cross-movement mobilizations? How do Movements Influence other Movement’ Mobilizations?
Session organizers: Sebastian Haunss (University of Bremen) & Jochen Roose (University of Wrocław) Continue Reading →
13. May 2016
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Wissenschaftliche Tagung am 26. und 27. Mai 2016 in Bremen
Leitung: Frank Nullmeier & Sebastian Haunss, Universität Bremen
Die Digitalisierung der industriellen Produktion sowie im Dienstleistungssektor hat weitreichende Folgen auch für die bestehenden Strukturen und Institutionen der Sozialpolitik. Auf der einen Seite gehen veränderte Wertschöpfungsmodelle mit veränderten Arbeitsverhältnissen einher, die vermutlich in der Regel weniger stabil, dauerhaft und abgesichert sein werden als die Normalarbeitsverhältnisse der analogen Ökonomie, die allerdings inzwischen auch dort schon längst keine Regelarbeitsverhältnisse mehr sind. Auf der anderen Seite zieht die digitale Ökonomie ihre Produktivität aus der massenhaften Verfügbarkeit von Daten, die wiederum zu einem relevanten Teil persönliche Informationen über einzelne BürgerInnen enthalten. In beiden Fällen ist das Wissen über die Folgen dieser Prozesse für die bestehenden sozialpolitischen Arrangements und zukünftige sozialpolitische Modelle noch kaum erforscht. Continue Reading →
9. May 2016
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In a widely cited article Boyle suggests that a movement against the growing propertization of knowledge should develop a mobilization frame centered around the idea of the public domain. Based on an analysis of the framing strategies in the two most important protest mobilizations against extensive intellectual property rights I discuss whether and to which degree these movements did actually put the concept of the public domain at the center of their argumentation. Continue Reading →
4. May 2016
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Research on social movements in Germany started late and has never really managed to establish a stable foothold within the German university system. A lively social movement sector with frequent and large-scale protests on many issues has not changed the marginal position of social movement research in political science and sociology in Germany. But nevertheless a lively landscape of research exists. Continue Reading →
4. May 2016
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Mummery – i.e. all practices to conceal one’s identity, usually by (partially) covering the face – has a long tradition as a repertoire of contention. In this chapter I discuss how and why this practice became part of social movements’ action repertoire and what this practice tells us about protests and protesters. Continue Reading →
5. February 2016
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The protests in 1980 and 1981 have been labeled as ‘youth movement’, ‘youth protest’, ‘youth unrest’, ‘youth rebellion’, or ‘youth revolt’. The chapter reflects upon the implications and assumptions of these concepts with the aim to situate these concepts in the broader literature about protest and social movements and to reflect upon the epistemological presumptions that are ingrained in the labels used to describe the protests of the early 1980s. Continue Reading →
5. February 2016
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Fuelled by Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA’s surveillance practices, privacy is a widely discussed issue today. But despite the eminent visibility of privacy issues in the media, its political salience is questionable. Concrete privacy-enhancing political measures are few and far between and there ar no signs of a growing protest movement. Continue Reading →