Germany's Agenda 2010 reforms

Passive revolution at the crossroads

Bibliographic Data

ID3833026
AuthorsIan Bruff (0000-0003-2687-1712, University of Manchester, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume34
Issue3
Pages409-428
Publication date2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCapital & Class (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-8168 • E-ISSN: 2041-0980
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0309816810378153
OpenAlexW2124891404
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited48

This article examines Germany's Agenda 2010 reforms, passed in 2003, with regard to Antonio Gramsci's discussions of passive revolution. It does so via a consideration of the inherently expansionary nature of passive revolution as a concept, for in its genesis lie both comparative and international dimensions. Nevertheless, one consequence of the realisation of passive revolution's conceptual potential is the need to redefine hegemony as the granting of active consent by the led to the leading-a move I view as untenable. Agenda 2010 is a useful test case, for it can be analysed successfully with regard to either passive revolution or hegemony, although I consider hegemony to be better placed for analysing this period in Germany's contemporary history. I conclude with some suggestions for how to utilise more effectively the concept of passive revolution, and with some reflections on the impact of the current crisis on Germany

Aesthetics · Hegemony · Period (music) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Realisation · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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