Avant-garde welfare capitalism, corporate welfare work and enlightened capitalism in Great Britain, the United States of America, Germany and France (1880-1930)

• Autorzy: Erik de Gier
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This research paper deals with welfare work in four at the time industrializing countries, Great Britain, the USA, Germany and France, in the half century of flowering enlightened paternalistic capitalism between 1880 and 1930. Welfare work in this context is defined as, sometimes overly, paternalistic labour policy of enlightened entrepreneurs often encompassing workmans housing programs, pensions, saving programs, educational programs, sports facilities, medical services, worker participation, generous remuneration forms, and shorter working times. The question is raised if nowadays flex-capitalism in the context of shrinking collective welfare states can learn lessons from past experience with welfare work. By redefining paternalistic welfare work in adapted modernistic terms as well as by reweighting company, personal and state responsibilities a new future-proof trade-off as regards welfare work might be realised. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Welfare economics; Capitalism; History; Paternalism

PL

Ekonomia dobrobytu; Kapitalizm; Historia; Paternalizm

• Czasopismo: Warsaw Forum of Economic Sociology
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 6
• Numer: nr 1 (11)
• Strony: 117--129

Twórcy

autor

Erik de Gier

• Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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