Fordelingspolitikkens nye ånd – om mulighederne for kritik i konkurrencestaten
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19436671 |
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| Authors | Jacob Didia Jensen (0000-0003-0117-4494, Vision Education and Media, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 9-25 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dansk Sociologi (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0905-5908 • E-ISSN: 2246-4026 |
| Publisher | Copenhagen Business School (PUBLISHER • DK) |
| DOI | 10.22439/dansoc.v29i3.5802 |
| OpenAlex | W2961530257 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Med sin introduktion af begrebet ’konkurrencestat’ i en dansk kontekst tilbød Ove Kaj Pedersen et nyt teoretisk perspektiv på, hvordan den universelle danske velfærdsstat i et vist omfang er blevet erstattet af en neoliberal konkurrencestat baseret på markedstænkning. I denne artikel forsøger jeg at udbygge denne forståelse af konkurrencestaten ved at analysere udviklingen i Danmark fra velfærdsstat til konkurrencestat ved hjælp af Boltanski og Chiapellos teori om kapitalismens nye ånd. Igennem denne analyse søger jeg for det første at vise, at de værdier, som konkurrencestaten henviser til, når den retfærdiggør sin fordelingspolitik, ikke kun kan forstås som udtryk for markedstænkning. De må også i høj grad forstås som udtryk for idealiseringen af fleksibilitet, kreativitet og inklusion i arbejdsnetværk, som Boltanski og Chiapello identificerer som centrale i kapitalismens nye ånd, og som har rødder i venstrefløjens kapitalismekritik. For det andet er formålet med artiklen at diskutere, hvilke negative konsekvenser idealiseringen af fleksibilitet og omstillingsparathed samt det store fokus på kontinuerligt at opkvalificere borgere kan risikere at have for borgere og offentligt ansattes mulighed for at forholde sig kritisk til konkurrencestatens moralske legitimitet. ENGELSK ABSTRACT Jacob Didia Jensen: The new spirit of allocation policy With his introduction of the concept ‘competition state’ in Denmark, Ove Kaj Pedersen offered a new perspective on how the universal Danish welfare state has been partially replaced by a neoliberal competition state based on market logic. In this article, I seek to expand this idea of the competition state by analysing the Danish development from welfare state to competition state through Boltanski and Chiapello’s theory of a new spirit of capitalism. In this analysis, I seek to show, firstly, that the values used by the competition state to justify its allocation policy cannot only be understood as an expression of market logic. They must also to be understood as expressions of the idealisation of flexibility, creativity and inclusion in work-based networks, that Boltanski and Chiapello identify as central in the new spirit of capitalism, and which have roots in the left-wing critique of capitalism. Secondly, the article discusses how negative consequences the idealisation of flexibility, adaptability and the focus on continuously upgrading the skills of citizens in order to ensure their inclusion on the labour market impact on the ability of citizens and public employees to critically reflect on the moral legitimacy of the competition state. Keywords: competition state, allocation policy, justification, critique, new spirit of capitalism, Boltanski and Chiapello
Humanities · Political science · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Mathematics · Philosophy · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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