The fundamental mechanism that shapes the social order of welfare societies is the functional antagonism between the capitalist economy, on the one hand, and democratic politics on the other. This mechanism, with its mixed blessings, has been an unchanging feature of western welfare societies...

Flexible markets require flexible societies; humans, however, need a stable social order. According to received wisdom, when capitalist development razes traditional social structures, society fights back, and welfare state policies organize new stability to replace the old. More market produces...

Wie Leidingers "Sozialismus" (BA 11/08) eine knappe historische Einführung; mit übersichtlichen Textteilen, Zusammenfassungen und Literaturangaben zu jedem Kapitel. Höchst nützlich: das Personenlexikon im Anhang. - Wie schon der Überblick von Gerhard Willke ("Kapitalismus", Campus Verlag,...