Protestantism and the the debates on the german welfare state

新教与德国福利国家的争论

• 批准号: 228700697
• 负责人: Professorin Dr. Christiane Kuller
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Lehrstuhl Neuere und Zeitgeschichte und Geschichtsdidaktik
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Units
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2012-12-31 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/228700697?language=en
• 关键词: Protestantism; debates; german; welfare; state

The proposed project examines the influence of Protestantism to the design of the German social order reflected in main debates on the West German welfare state. The institutions of the welfare state can be understood as a manifestation of ideas of social orders, debates on its reform can be read as negotiating about changing ideological principles, social conditions and cultural practices. The two projects focus therefore on important debates of the 1970s and 1980s, which are to be put into a longer-term context.One project examines the role and influence of the social Protestantism on discussions about the aging society. The imploding birth rates since the mid-1960s meant a challenge for the welfare state, because its functioning was dependent in many respects in a stable demographic situation. However, the debate on the West German population trend goes far beyond. In the context of demographic debates also changing conceptions of gender relations, national identity and social solidarity were discussed.A second project takes up another debate on social change regarding the changing nature of work and society, mainly the experience of mass unemployment since the 1970s. Again, the welfare state debates have a functional core because employment formed a central category of social security systems in West Germany. But work was also one of the main social factors structuring the German society. So the debates also refer to the importance of work for individual life and social relationships, for recognition and dignity. And also here, changes in gender relations, the national identity and social justice were discussed.The social Protestantism has made significant contributions to these debates. The projects ask for the character of these contributions in the context of protestant ethics of the time. They also investigate the effects of exchange with other contributions to the debate and ask how the debates turn back had influence on the positions of social Protestantism. Both projects shall connect the development of imaginary orders with the question of their importance in social and political processes in order to build an analytical bridge between the theoretical order drafts, social debates and policy-making processes.

拟议的项目审查新教的影响，德国社会秩序的设计反映在对西德福利国家的主要辩论。福利国家的制度可以被理解为社会秩序观念的体现，关于福利国家改革的辩论可以被解读为关于改变意识形态原则、社会条件和文化习俗的谈判。因此，这两个项目都着眼于20世纪70年代和80年代的重要辩论，并将其置于更长期的背景中。一个项目考察社会新教在老龄化社会讨论中的作用和影响。自20世纪60年代中期以来，出生率急剧下降，这对福利国家来说意味着挑战，因为福利国家的运作在许多方面都依赖于稳定的人口状况。然而，关于西德人口趋势的辩论远远超出了这一范围。在人口辩论的背景下，还讨论了性别关系、民族认同和社会团结等概念的变化。同样，福利国家的争论有一个功能核心，因为就业构成了西德国社会保障体系的核心范畴。但工作也是构成德国社会的主要社会因素之一。因此，辩论也涉及到工作对个人生活和社会关系的重要性，对承认和尊严的重要性。社会新教对这些争论做出了重要贡献。该项目要求在当时的新教伦理的背景下，这些贡献的性质。他们还调查了与其他贡献的辩论交换的影响，并询问辩论如何对社会新教的立场产生影响。这两个项目将把想象秩序的发展与其在社会和政治进程中的重要性问题联系起来，以便在理论秩序草案、社会辩论和政策制定过程之间建立一个分析桥梁。