socialpolicy.ch

socialpolicy.ch
The journal "socialpolicy.ch" (s.ch) was founded in 2016 in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy, and Social Work of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and has its editorial offices there. It appears online twice yearly and includes contributions in German, English, French, or Italian. "socialpolicy.ch" is a scholarly journal concerned with all areas of social policy and the welfare state. It strives to be a go-between linking academia and practice. Thus it is aimed at both scholars and all those actively practicing in the area. The journal should facilitate academic discourse about developments and concepts in social policy – in the widest sense of that term – in Switzerland, in other countries, and in international comparison. The journal publishes quantitative, qualitative, and comparative research on social policy, as well as theoretical pieces. In addition to academic articles, the journal can also publish shorter pieces (reviews of significant books and brief research notes). To achieve a high quality in the articles, all submissions will be put through a peer review process.

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Université de Fribourg

Teilzeit und Lebensarbeitszeit : Bausteine bedarfsorientierter, flexibler Arbeitszeitmodelle

Scherf, Burkhard ; Zander, Guido

In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 2, no. 2, p. Article: 2.5

Aktuelle Untersuchungen zeigen, dass sich viele Beschäftigte eine Reduzierung ihrer wöchentlichen Arbeitszeit wünschen. Die Sorge vor Einkommensverlusten und Vorbehalte bei den Arbeitgebern sind wesentliche Hürden für die Realisierung dieser Arbeitszeitwünsche. Dieser Beitrag beschreibt diese Hürden und zeigt auf, dass Arbeitgeber häufiger als vermutet ein eigenes wirtschaftliches...

Université de Fribourg

Ansätze für eine Neue Normalarbeitszeit : Ein Diskussionsbeitrag

Gärtner, Johannes ; Arlinghaus, Anna ; Baumgartner, Peter ; Boonstra-Hörwein, Karin ; Marschitz, Werner ; Siglär, Ruth

In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 2, no. 2, p. Article: 2.4

Die aktuelle Regulierung von Arbeitszeiten schafft Anreize für belastende Zeiten und berücksichtigt nur unzureichend wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu den Auswirkungen dieser Belastungen. Dieser Beitrag stellt einen neuen Ansatz vor: Ausgehend von einer einerseits weit verbreiteten und andererseits auch sozial- und gesundheitspolitisch wünschenswerten ‚Neuen Normalarbeitszeit‘, nämlich...

Université de Fribourg

Vorzüge und Schattenseiten der Flexibilität der Dauer der Arbeitszeiten : Eine Untersuchung in sieben österreichischen Branchen

Stadler, Bettina

In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 2, no. 2, p. Article: 2.3

In this study, we assign different forms of work hours arrangements to predominantly employee and employer-driven flexibilization and examine the effects of this flexible work hours arrangement on paid and unpaid overtime. Furthermore, we examine the circumstances under which employees report positive vs. negative effects of flexible work hours arrangements. The basis for the analysis is a survey...

Université de Fribourg

Permanent Night Work in Germany

Brauner, Corinna ; Müller, Grit ; Wöhrmann, Anne Marit

In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 2, no. 2, p. Article: 2.2

Research on night work focuses almost solely on night work as part of rotating shift schedules. Thus, little is known about permanent night workers, their working conditions and health. The aim of this study is to give insight on characteristics of permanent night workers, their health status and their work–life balance. Data from the BAuA-Working Time Survey 2015 were used and 189...

Université de Fribourg

Arbeitszeitentwicklungen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz

Arlinghaus, Anna ; Gärtner, Johannes ; Rabstein, Sylvia ; Schief, Sebastian ; Vetter, Céline

In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 2, no. 2, p. Article: 2.1

Editorial des Schwerpunktheftes "Arbeitszeitentwicklungen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz

Université de Fribourg

The “socialist revolution” in the Seychelles : continuities and discontinuities in economic and social policies

Künzler, Daniel

In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article: 1.7

After the “socialist revolution” in 1977, the Seychelles introduced a universal social pension, free education and free health care. This path of the Seychelles to universal social policies is unique in several regards. On the one hand, the policies were financed by economic growth triggered by a non-dogmatic economic policy that focused on three partly state-led, partly privately driven key...

Université de Fribourg

A social revolution in the name of a religion? : The Islamic Revolution of 1978/79 in Iran

Sheikhzadegan, Amir

In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article: 1.6

The year 1979 witnessed an event that was to impact the world for decades to come. The Western-friendly monarchic regime of Iran that had pushed through a rapid modernization program by leaning on a repressive security apparatus was toppled by a nationwide protest movement and replaced by an Islamist regime. This study delivers, from a historical sociological perspective, an analysis of the major...

Université de Fribourg

Towards the Solution of the Economic Problem? – On the Non-Revolutionary Relationship between Working Time and Productivity

Schief, Sebastian

In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article: 1.5

The increase of productivity we faced in the last hundred years was the basis for fundamental predictions on how a rising standard of living would reduce working time in the long run. Keynes predicted in 1930 that the economic problem would be solved and “mankind will be deprived of its traditional purpose” (Keynes 1931[1930]: 366). It is quite obvious that Keynes prediction is wrong when it...