Uwe Becker
Biographic Data
| ID | 272876 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Uwe Becker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Uwe |
| FAMILY NAME | Becker |
| SIGNATURE | BECKER U |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3723-4850 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 56 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 111 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 50 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 6 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Jeremia im Spiegel des Buches
Uwe Becker bietet eine umfassende redaktionsgeschichtliche Analyse zentraler Texte in Jer 1-36, um ein völlig neues Gesamtbild von der Entstehung des Jeremiabuches zu zeichnen. Am Anfang der Entwicklung stand die Verkündigung des »historischen Jeremia«, der ein noch unbestimmtes Unheil »von Norden« herbeikommen sieht (Jer 4-6) und eine verhaltene, von Bedauern getragene Kritik an den letzten Königen Judas (Jer 21-22) äußert. Im Laufe der Genese d…
Umkämpfte Zonen. Narrative Hegemonien im Flüchtlingsdiskurs
Die aktuelle europäische Flüchtlingspolitik ist geprägt von Bemühungen um effektivere Abschottung, mehr Kontrolle und systematische Zurückweisung von Geflüchteten. Der mediale Diskurs hat in den zurückliegenden Jahren dominante Narrative generiert, die dieser Politik assistieren. Diese müssen nicht zwingend sachgerecht sein. Sie unterliegen Gesetzen der Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie, schaffen unterkomplexe Botschaften, die im kollektiven, gesellschaftl…
Prophecy and Foreign Nations
This volume contains papers read at the EABS / SBL International meetings 2016 in Leuven, 2017 in Berlin, and 2018 in Helsinki. Contrary and complementary to a trend in contemporary research on prophetic literature to focus on questions concerning the origins of a prophetic theology of judgment, the research group addressed the seemingly stereotypic corpora of oracles concerning foreign nations. In diachronic as well as synchronic approaches to t…
Fremde Freunde - Fremde Feinde
Moralische Landnahme
Diskurstheoretische Anmerkungen - eine Hinführung
Material
Literatur
Einleitung
Epilog
Inhalt
Kölner Silvesternacht
Die »Flüchtlingskrise« und ihre Umdeutung
Deutschland und seine Flüchtlinge
Die Aufnahme Tausender »Fremder« im Sommer 2015 wurde medial euphorisiert als »deutsches Wunder« beschrieben. Die Geflüchteten selbst tauchten in dieser Perspektive kaum auf. Dem Narrativ der »Willkommenskultur« folgte ein Wechselbad der Diskurse hin zum drohenden Staatsversagen, der Belastungsgrenze oder sexueller Übergriffe. Dabei ging es primär um die Befindlichkeit der Nation und der »Flüchtling« wurde zum Verursacher nationaler Bedrängnisse.…
Exegese des Alten Testaments
Dieses Methodenbuch ist als Arbeitsinstrument und -hilfe für das Studium des Alten Testaments gedacht. Uwe Becker stellt unter Einbeziehung der neueren Fachdiskussion prägnant und verständlich die Methoden der alttestamentlichen Exegese vor und leitet mit praktischen Beispielen zu ihrer Anwendung an. Das Buch ist für die 5. Auflage wiederum durchgängig aktualisiert und bearbeitet worden. »Die vorliegende Einführung in die Exegese des Alten Testam…
Jesaja, Jeremia und die Anfänge der Unheilsprophetie in Juda
Gegenwärtig wird die Frage nach den Anfängen der Unheilsprophetie in Juda äußerst kontrovers diskutiert: War Jesaja primär und in erster Linie ein Gerichtsprophet, der dem eigenen Volk das unabwendbare umfassende Gericht ankündigte? Oder sind die Anfänge Jesajas in seinen heilsprophetischen Worten gegen das Nordreich und Aram zu suchen, so dass sich die Unheilsprophetie als eine literarische Übertragung des Gerichts auf das Südreich erweist? Der …
Russia's political economy re-conceptualized
Russian political–economic development since the early 1990s has been described as one of initial liberalization and subsequent re-etatization a decade later. Our paper critically builds upon this view, systematically adding patrimonialism as third dimension and conceptualizing Russia's trajectory as varying with respect to ideal–typical liberalism, statism and patrimonialism. We argue that Russian patrimonialism hindered the rise of the economic…
Einführung
Der Raum der Bildung
Backmatter
Inhalt
Politik von ganz oben - Landung im Diffusen
Chancengerechtigkeit - die Lotterie des Sozialstaates wird inklusiv
Der öffentliche Raum
Der Raum der Erwerbsarbeit
Welfare state development and employment in the Netherlands in comparative perspective
In recent years it has been said that the Dutch welfare state has been made fit for employment growth. This development is praised as part of the so-called Dutch 'Delta model' which since the mid-1980s has been very succesful in labour market terms. Some 20 years ago, when unemployment started to soar, the high level of social security was seen, by contrast, as an aspect of the 'Dutch disease'. Employing a typology based on regulative assumptions…
Open systemness and contested reference frames and change. A reformulation of the varieties of capitalism theory
Journal Article Open systemness and contested reference frames and change. A reformulation of the varieties of capitalism theory Get access Uwe Becker Uwe Becker Political Science , University of Amsterdam Correspondence: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Socio-Economic Review, Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2007, Pages 261–286, https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwl025 Published: 13 February 2007
One Welfare State, Two Care Regimes
The different development of child and elderly care in the Netherlands reflects the hybrid character of its welfare system, which, until the 1980s, featured both social democratic and conservative elements. While public involvement in the provision of elderly care services rapidly increased after the Second World War, childcare remained a family affair well into the 1980s. Under recent neo‐liberal influences these trends have been reversed. Publi…
Russia's political economy re-conceptualized
Russian political–economic development since the early 1990s has been described as one of initial liberalization and subsequent re-etatization a decade later. Our paper critically builds upon this view, systematically adding patrimonialism as third dimension and conceptualizing Russia's trajectory as varying with respect to ideal–typical liberalism, statism and patrimonialism. We argue that Russian patrimonialism hindered the rise of the economic…
Measuring Change of Capitalist Varieties
How to indicate institutional diversity and gradual change in capitalist political economies? What is the appropriate typological method, how could a suitable typology look? In the Weberian tradition, this article pleads for a method that rigorously distinguishes ideal types from empirical cases. Ideal types (like liberal capitalism) idealise reality by emphasising certain aspects, cases (like Brazilian capitalism) are hybrids more or less approx…
An example of competitive corporatism? the Dutch political economy 1983–2004 in critical examination
Since 2001 the Netherlands, previously hailed as a model a few years before then, has been hit hard by economic stagnation. In the model view, the impressive rise in Dutch employment was due to the pact between capital and labour on wage restraint. In the view presented here, corporatism was not the source of the employment ‘miracle’ and wage agreements are considered to have acquired a mythical content. In the 1980s unions only acquiesced to dra…
The Netherlands
The Netherlands are of considerable interest to students of comparative social policy, because Christian democracy and not social democracy is the leading political force. This article analyses the history of the Dutch system of social security in terms of political forces and their power resources. In particular, it considers the reasons for the comparatively high level of social security development in the Netherlands. The various approaches wh…
The Politics of Welfare State Reform in the Netherlands
A 'Dutch Model
During the 1990s in many western countries employment decreased or at least stagnated and unemployment increased. One of the few countries where the reverse happened is the Netherlands. Harmonious relations and cooperation between capital and labour, particularly the exchange of wage moderation for jobs, are seen as the secret of its success and often viewed as a model in other European countries. One of the reasons for this is that the Dutch hav…
From social scientific functionalism to open functional logic
As the Central Planning Bureau says’. The Dutch wage restraint paradigm, its sustaining epistemic community and its relevance for comparative research
Wage restraint has been the paradigm in the much discussed Dutch political economy - just as labor market liberalization is the paradigm in the internationally dominant politico-economic policy discourse. The Dutch employment 'miracle' has been associated with the protracted wage restraint capital and labor agreed upon in 1982 to improve competitiveness, profits and investment. Competitiveness and investment have not improved since then, however.…
The Heterogeneity of Capitalism in Crisis-Ridden Europe
To get a realist picture of the economic crisis in Europe, we need to know the heterogeneity of European capitalism. Differences in terms of competitiveness and institutions are huge. With the crisis as point of departure, I will outline this heterogeneity. First, I describe the comparative (dis-)advantages of selected EU-member states. The differences are big, particularly in terms of economic specialisation and innovation capacity—aspects getti…
Class Theory and the Social Sciences
The Netherlands
The Netherlands are of considerable interest to students of comparative social policy, because Christian democracy and not social democracy is the leading political force. This article analyses the history of the Dutch system of social security in terms of political forces and their power resources. In particular, it considers the reasons for the comparatively high level of social security development in the Netherlands. The various approaches wh…
From social scientific functionalism to open functional logic
Class Theory and the Social Sciences
Welfare state development and employment in the Netherlands in comparative perspective
In recent years it has been said that the Dutch welfare state has been made fit for employment growth. This development is praised as part of the so-called Dutch 'Delta model' which since the mid-1980s has been very succesful in labour market terms. Some 20 years ago, when unemployment started to soar, the high level of social security was seen, by contrast, as an aspect of the 'Dutch disease'. Employing a typology based on regulative assumptions…
'Miracle'by Consensus? Consensualism and Dominance in Dutch Employment Development
The impressive increase in employment in the Netherlands since 1985 is widely disued. In the country itself a 'model disourse has developed which presents this success as a result of a consensus between capital and labour to (drastically) restrain wages. The consensuLs is considered to be based on a process of social learning by the uLnions. The c ausal nexus between wage restraint and employment gowth turns out to be doubtful, however. Other pro…
A 'Dutch Model
During the 1990s in many western countries employment decreased or at least stagnated and unemployment increased. One of the few countries where the reverse happened is the Netherlands. Harmonious relations and cooperation between capital and labour, particularly the exchange of wage moderation for jobs, are seen as the secret of its success and often viewed as a model in other European countries. One of the reasons for this is that the Dutch hav…
Comparative Politics and the Welfare State
Von der Staatsreligion zum Monotheismus. Ein Kapitel israelitisch-jüdischer Religionsgeschichte Von der Staatsreligion zum Monotheismus. Ein Kapitel israelitisch-jüdischer Religionsgeschichte
Although monotheism was able to develop in ancient Israel because of the privileging of Yhwh within the framework of the national cult, it did not take the form presented in the Old Testament until it had prevailed theologically over the natural synthesis of state and religion in the post-monarchical period. Accordingly, monotheism should be considered as a »product« of Judaism.
Employment 'Miracles'
Employment 'Miracles'
Annotation
An example of competitive corporatism? the Dutch political economy 1983–2004 in critical examination
Since 2001 the Netherlands, previously hailed as a model a few years before then, has been hit hard by economic stagnation. In the model view, the impressive rise in Dutch employment was due to the pact between capital and labour on wage restraint. In the view presented here, corporatism was not the source of the employment ‘miracle’ and wage agreements are considered to have acquired a mythical content. In the 1980s unions only acquiesced to dra…
Capitalism, Democracy and Welfare
Open systemness and contested reference frames and change. A reformulation of the varieties of capitalism theory
Journal Article Open systemness and contested reference frames and change. A reformulation of the varieties of capitalism theory Get access Uwe Becker Uwe Becker Political Science , University of Amsterdam Correspondence: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Socio-Economic Review, Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2007, Pages 261–286, https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwl025 Published: 13 February 2007
As the Central Planning Bureau says’. The Dutch wage restraint paradigm, its sustaining epistemic community and its relevance for comparative research
Wage restraint has been the paradigm in the much discussed Dutch political economy - just as labor market liberalization is the paradigm in the internationally dominant politico-economic policy discourse. The Dutch employment 'miracle' has been associated with the protracted wage restraint capital and labor agreed upon in 1982 to improve competitiveness, profits and investment. Competitiveness and investment have not improved since then, however.…
Europe in the Global Age
The Politics of Welfare State Reform in the Netherlands
Tendenzen der Jesajaforschung 1998 - 2007
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Open Varieties of Capitalism
Presenting capitalisms as open, system-like configurations, this book argues four ideal-typical varieties (liberal, statist, corporatist, meso-communitarian) and analyzes the socio-economic performanc
Growing apart? America and Europe in the twenty-first century and Transatlantic divide. Comparing American and European society
Measuring Change of Capitalist Varieties
How to indicate institutional diversity and gradual change in capitalist political economies? What is the appropriate typological method, how could a suitable typology look? In the Weberian tradition, this article pleads for a method that rigorously distinguishes ideal types from empirical cases. Ideal types (like liberal capitalism) idealise reality by emphasising certain aspects, cases (like Brazilian capitalism) are hybrids more or less approx…
One Welfare State, Two Care Regimes
The different development of child and elderly care in the Netherlands reflects the hybrid character of its welfare system, which, until the 1980s, featured both social democratic and conservative elements. While public involvement in the provision of elderly care services rapidly increased after the Second World War, childcare remained a family affair well into the 1980s. Under recent neo‐liberal influences these trends have been reversed. Publi…
Rereading the relecture?
This volume presents collected essays of a symposium held in Jena in August 2012 whose main question was whether there was something like a post-chronistic feedback into the Books of Samuel. The articles investigate the relationship between I-II Sam and I Chr in general aspects as well as by means of a number of case studies. Can I Chr be regarded as a relecture of some Samuel scroll? If so, is it possible to identify some of the latest layers in…
Rereading the relecture?
This volume presents collected essays of a symposium held in Jena in 2012 which investigated the relationship between I-II Sam and I Chr. Fundamental questions and methodical difficulties that arise when late parts of the Books of Samuel are questioned regarding their relationship to the Books of Chronicles are discussed.
Rereading the relecture?
The Heterogeneity of Capitalism in Crisis-Ridden Europe
To get a realist picture of the economic crisis in Europe, we need to know the heterogeneity of European capitalism. Differences in terms of competitiveness and institutions are huge. With the crisis as point of departure, I will outline this heterogeneity. First, I describe the comparative (dis-)advantages of selected EU-member states. The differences are big, particularly in terms of economic specialisation and innovation capacity—aspects getti…
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