Social economy

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The term social economy has the following uses:

  1. Interactions between society and economy (social economy as an interdisciplinary science)
  2. Business administration and management in the social field and in the health sector
  3. Synonymous with social economics
  4. Synonymous with socioeconomics
  5. Synonymous with economics
  6. Synonymous with economic sociology
  7. Applied social and economic policy (social policy, social benefits and social economy)
  8. Market economy without capitalism or in the sense of the free economy according to Silvio Gesell

Social economy as an interdisciplinary science

Social economy tries to understand the interactions between society , economy , economy and politics . Socio-economic research and science deals with and answers sociological and economic questions in an interdisciplinary manner from different perspectives. It deals with economic activity in its social context and with the respective relationship to other social, political, demographic, ecological and spatial processes. Socio-economic research and teaching historically refers to Karl Marx , Max Weber , Émile Durkheim , Joseph Schumpeter , Karl Polanyi , Pierre Bourdieu , Reinhard Schultz, Günter Schmölders , Werner Hofmann , Manfred Schweres and Alfred Oppolzer as well as current representatives of the economic , legal and social sciences . So far it is not a highly specialized individual discipline, but rather a common perspective of several disciplines that cooperate in research and teaching in order to better understand, describe and explain social, economic and political reality.

Purpose of the social economy

According to the sociologist Alfred Oppolzer , the necessity of social economy is challenged from the various individual disciplines, for example from business administration (Reinhard Schultz, 1988), also from economics ( Günter Schmölders , 1973) and political economy ( Werner Hofmann , 1969) from sociology ( Max Weber , 1904) as well as from ergonomics (Manfred Schweres, 1980; Alfred Oppolzer, 1989). Oppolzer states that social economy is:

  1. the "investigation of the interactions between economy and society",
  2. the "practical relevance of the question" and
  3. the "interdisciplinary approach".

The economic and social historian Ernst Langthaler assumes that in the socio-economic perspective:

  • The economy is seen in social contexts,
  • the focus is on the networking of actors and collectives ,
  • Power imbalances between actors are examined as well
  • an attempt is made to understand behavior and to develop it.

Like Oppolzer, Langthaler refers to Karl Marx (economics, sociology), Max Weber (sociology, economics), Émile Durkheim (sociology), Joseph Schumpeter (economics), Karl Polanyi (cultural anthropology, sociology), Pierre Bourdieu (sociology).

Günter Schmölders made another step with socio-economic behavior research . In 1958 he founded the Research Center for Empirical Social Economics. From the legal sciences , the labor and constitutional lawyer Otto Ernst Kempen, former director of the Academy of Labor, and the business lawyer Udo Reifner as founder of the Institute for Financial Services should be mentioned. Harry Friebel made an important contribution to the socio-economic consideration of educational and socialization theory with the Hamburg biography and résumé panel "The Children of Educational Expansion ". The International Institute for Empirical Social Economy shows an economic sociological approach.

Study of social economy

The undergraduate degree in social economics conveys basic scientific knowledge in business administration, economics, sociology and law and leads to a first professional university degree.

  • The Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel has been offering a bachelor's degree in Socio-Economics (B.Sc.) since the 2015/16 winter semester . The course offers an almost complete integration of the study of economics, sociology and political science, in which all essential traditional components of B.Sc. courses are represented in the three subject areas and thus the core competencies in the economic or social science area are maintained.
  • From the 2016/17 winter semester, there will be a new course at the University of Siegen , "Plural Economics", which "discusses and examines economic phenomena with a variety of different approaches ...". In addition, "is characterized by the discourse of alternative thought traditions" and "aims at students who critically reflect on their own economic understanding and want to leave the usual ways of thinking. Through his critical examination of several specialist areas - including economics and business administration, ethics , Law, Ecology, History and Sociology - the course is in line with some guiding values ​​of socio-economics, although it is specifically related to plural economics . An essential core element of this last tradition is a critical examination of the neoclassical model of economics.

The graduate social economist could be acquired through interdisciplinary studies at universities and technical colleges , but also at vocational academies (BA). The diploma courses are gradually being replaced by Bachelor and Master courses. At the University of Göttingen in the form of polyvalent Bachelor and Master degrees. After completion of the appointment process for three new professorships, the Institute for Socio-Economics will strengthen the research profile of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Duisburg-Essen and offer its own Master’s degree in Socio-Economics (as of November 2, 2017).

Socio-economic research

  • soeb 1 to 3 of the Competence Network Socio-Economic Reporting : In order to better understand the profound changes in German society, the Competence Network Socio-Economic Reporting (soeb) brings together quantitative and qualitative data from various sources and interprets them within the framework of a German production and social model.
  • Institute for Financial Services eV (iff) in Hamburg. The purpose of the institute is to promote and conduct research in the field of relationships between law, economy and society.
  • Institute for Coastal Research of the Helmholtz Center Geesthacht : In the department of Socioeconomics of the Coastal Region, the focus of research is on a better understanding of human / nature interactions.
  • FiBS: Research Institute for Educational and Social Economics in Cologne and Berlin. The Institute for Interdisciplinary Research describes itself as a scientific interface for educational and social economics and as a think tank with know-how for decision-makers in politics, business and society, for educational and social institutions.
  • Social Policy and Social Economics Section of the Faculty of Social Science at the Ruhr University Bochum . The University of Bochum provides teaching and research with chairs for social economics. Economic processes are viewed from a social science perspective with a view to social relationships.
  • Research Center for Empirical Social Economics eV The approach of socio-economic behavior research enables in a special way to develop empirically supported and practically usable proposals for state and entrepreneurial action. Research focuses on financial and tax psychology, transformation research, the shadow economy, consumer research, corporate research and new technologies.

Social economist as a profession

According to the profession of the Federal Employment Agency, social economists and social economists take on administrative or management tasks in organizational planning and control and are primarily employed in social and health care institutions, in public administration, in companies in the social and health care sector and in interest groups , Associations and organizations. In addition, also in personnel and organizational development in companies in almost all sectors of the economy as well as in opinion research institutes.

Business administration and management in the social field and in the health sector

Social economics is also used as business administration and management in the social field as well as in health care . An example of this is the degree in health and social economics ( diploma ) at the Mainz University of Applied Sciences . Social pedagogy and social economics were also taught in Bremen . The Wuppertal Administration and Business Academy offers part-time studies to become a health and social economist (VWA). The Esslingen University master degree program Social Economy .

Synonymous with social economics

Social economics found dissemination in German-speaking countries with the interdisciplinary texts by Max Weber . In particular with "Grundriss der Sozialökonomik" Weber developed the foundations of social economics, alongside Karl Marx and Karl Polanyi . Max Weber's " Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft " was published posthumously in 1922 by his wife Marianne Weber . Social economics has also been used as a term for national economy for decades . Social economics is increasingly gaining acceptance as a term for the doctrine of "social economy". This includes, among other things, the socio-economic behavior research according to Günter Schmölders .

Synonymous with socioeconomics

According to the sociologist Andrea Maurer in the Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon, socio-economics got its name from the older German term “social economics” ( Weber 1985/1920; Schumpeter 1987) and is now also referred to as “ social economics ” or “social economics” (Perridon and Granvogl 2000; cf. . on the history of concepts in detail Oppolzer 1990).

According to Maurer's entry in the economic encyclopedia , socio- economics stands for a research program that aims to explain economic activity as well as the core institutions and structures of the modern economy not only from an "economic" point of view and with exclusive consideration of economic factors. Rather, the common concern of socio-economists is to locate economies and economic activities in their societal conditions and therefore to focus on the interplay between economy and society.

Synonymous with economics

Historically, social economy is also used as a synonym for economics and political economy . According to the Duden spelling dictionary , social economics is a science that deals with the entire economy of a society.

Synonymous with economic sociology

Historically, social economy is also used as a term for economic sociology . Like social economics, economic sociology refers to Max Weber , Karl Marx and Karl Polanyi . In the process of separating economics and sociology in the first half of the 20th century, economic sociology as a sub-discipline or hyphenated sociology lost its influence. The new economic sociology, in the USA since the 1980s, understands economic action as social action that takes place embedded in a social context.

The economic sociology section of the German Society for Sociology (DGS) aims to institutionalize research and teaching in economic sociology in Germany and promote scientific exchange in this area.

Applied social and economic policy

Applied social and economic policy is also summarized under the term social economy. This starts with social policy , through state social benefits to the public or private social economy . Social economic activity in the non-profit sector includes both economic and social aspects. "The social economy not only pursues purely economic goals, but also social, environmental and ethical goals," said the regional authority of the German-speaking Community of Belgium .

Market economy without capitalism

The Foundation for the Reform of Monetary and Land Regulations and their affiliated publishing house for social economy refer to Silvio Gesell in their ideas for a different monetary and land regime with the aim of a market economy without capitalism . The journal for social economy is close to free economics .

See also

literature

  • Bärbel von Borries-Pusback: No college for socialism. The establishment of the Academy for Community Economy in Hamburg 1945–1955 . Leske + Budrich, Opladen 2002.
  • Wulf D. Hund (Ed.): From the common economy to the social economy. 50 years of the Hamburg University of Economics and Politics. VSA, Hamburg 1998.
  • Dirk Hauer, Bela Rogalla: HWP in motion. Student protests against neoliberal university reforms . VSA, Hamburg 2006.
  • Reinhard Schultz: Business Administration. A socio-economic introduction . Munich / Vienna 1988.
  • Günter Schmölders, Gerhard Bringmann (Ed.): Economics as social science. In: Socio-economic behavior research. Berlin 1973.
  • Werner Hoffmann: Basic elements of business society . Reinbek 1969.
  • Max Weber: The Objectivity of Sociological and Sociopolitical Knowledge. In: Archives for Social Science and Social Policy. 19th volume (new episode, 1st volume). Tubingen 1904.
  • Manfred Schweres: Structural elements of an integrative ergonomics. In: Journal of Ergonomics. Issue 1/1980.
  • Alfred Oppolzer: Handbook of work design. Guide to humane work organization . Hamburg 1989.
  • Karl Marx: Capital. Critique of Political Economy . 1867.
  • Max Weber: Economy and Society. Outline of understanding sociology . 1922.
  • Émile Durkheim: About the social division of labor. Study of the organization of higher societies . 1893.
  • Joseph Schumpeter: The crisis of the tax state . 1918.
  • Karl Polanyi: The Great Transformation . 1944.
  • Pierre Bourdieu: Draft of a theory of practice on the ethnological basis of Kabyle society . 1972.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alfred Oppolzer: Social economy: On subject, concept and history. In: Socio-economic contributions. Journal for economics, politics and society. 1st year Hamburg. 1/1990, pp. 6-29. Alfred Oppolzer  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de  
  2. ↑ Ernst Langthaler: What does social economy mean? Lecture notes-1.pdf (Lecture notes-1 \ 374). University of Vienna 2009. Download the PDF ( memento of the original from November 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / homepage.univie.ac.at
  3. ^ Research center for empirical social economics: fores-koeln.de
  4. ↑ Kempen, Otto Ernst. Academy of Work at the University of Frankfurt am Main .: akademie-der-arbeit.de
  5. ↑ Reifner, Udo. Founder of the Institute for Financial Services (iff): news.iff-hh.de
  6. ↑ Harry Friebel: The children of the educational expansion . Department of Social Economics at the University of Hamburg: CHILDREN OF THE EDUCATIONAL EXPANSION ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.verwaltung.uni-hamburg.de
  7. ↑ International Institute for Empirical Social Economy: http://www.inifes.de/institut.htm ( Memento from July 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
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  10. ^ Universität Hamburg: Work, Economy, Society - Economic and Sociological Studies wiso.uni-hamburg.de
  11. ↑ Social Economics (Bachelor) at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg: wiso.uni-erlangen.de
  12. ↑ Social Economics (Master) at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg: wiso.uni-erlangen.de
  13. ↑ Social Economics (Diploma) at the University of Hohenheim: uni-hohenheim.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.uni-hohenheim.de  
  14. ↑ Social Economics (Bachelor) at the University of Hohenheim: uni-hohenheim.de  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.uni-hohenheim.de  
  15. ↑ Bachelor's degree in socio-economics . In: WiSo . ( uni-kiel.de [accessed December 23, 2017]).
  16. ^ Johannes Kepler University Linz: Social economy - Bachelor's degree jku.at
  17. ^ Johannes Kepler University Linz: Social Economy - Master's degree jku.at
  18. ^ Economic and Social History (Bachelor) at the University of Göttingen: uni-goettingen.de
  19. ↑ Vienna University of Economics and Business: Economics & Socioeconomics . wu.ac.at
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  21. ^ University of Kassel : Master's degree in social law and social economy . uni-kassel.de
  22. ^ University of Siegen : Master of Plural Economics . master-plurale-oekonomik.de
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  25. ↑ PWG (Bachelor) at the Ruhr University Bochum: sowi.rub.de
  26. ^ University of Duisburg-Essen: News from the Institute for Socioeconomics. uni-due.de (accessed December 25, 2017)
  27. ↑ INIFES: http://www.inifes.de/institut.htm ( Memento from July 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  28. ^ SOEP: SOEP
  29. ↑ Competence network for socio-economic reporting : What is soeb.de? soeb.de (accessed December 26, 2017)
  30. ↑ Socio-economic Research UHH: focus ( Memento of the original December 22, 2013 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de
  31. ↑ Center for Economic and Sociological Studies (ZÖSS): Center for Economic and Sociological Studies (ZÖSS) ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de
  32. ^ Institute for Financial Services (iff): iff-hamburg.de
  33. ↑ Helmholtz Center Geesthacht: Socioeconomics of the Coastal Area - Research hzg.de (accessed on December 26, 2017)
  34. ^ Research Institute for Educational and Social Economics (FiBS): fibs-koeln.de ( Memento of the original from November 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fibs-koeln.de
  35. ^ Section Social Policy and Social Economics at the Ruhr University Bochum: sowi.rub.de
  36. ^ Research center for empirical social economics: fores-koeln.de
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  38. ↑ Health and Social Economics (Diploma) at the Mainz University of Applied Sciences: fh-mainz.de
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  40. ^ Administration and Economic Academy Wuppertal: Health and Social Economist (VWA) . vwa-wuppertal.de ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vwa-wuppertal.de
  41. ↑ Esslingen University of Applied Sciences: Social Economy (MA) . hs-esslingen.de
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  46. ^ German-speaking Community of Belgium: Social economy and solidarity economy : dglive.be
  47. ^ Foundation for reform of the monetary and land order: stiftung-geld-boden.de
  48. ↑ publisher of social economy: sozialoekonomie.info