Politisierung von Arbeitsmarktunsicherheit als Beispiel einer Re-Politisierung distributiver Konflikte

Abstract

advanced democracies, distributive conflicts were argued to have been pacified. Yet, struc-tural change might lead to new economic risks and a re-politization of distributive conflicts. This contribution critically discusses the main findings of the insider-outsider litera-ture as an example of re-politicized distributive conflicts. Although the insider-outsider conflict cannot be considered a cleavage in Mair and Bartolini’s understanding, the conflict between labor market insiders and outsiders demonstrates that distributive conflicts still matter for today’s politics. Yet, the content of distributive struggles has changed: In advanced societies with their diversified risk structure and sophisticated welfare states distributive conflicts are about specific social and regulatory policies that have different impli-cations for individuals depending on their situation on the labor market.