Prof. Dr. Jörg Reitzig
Graduate social economist, graduate economist
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Subject areas
- Socio-economic foundations of the welfare state and social work
- Labor and social policy
- Social philosophy and theories of justice
- Social work with migrants
Research focus
- Hegemony and social justice
- Work and Social Security
- Socio-economic framework of social work
Professional career
| 1985 | Apprenticeship as industrial clerk in Bremen |
| 1988 | Commercial employee in Bremen; subsequently unemployed |
| 1989 | Civilian service at the Social Peace Service in Bremen |
| 1991 | Studies of economics, social sciences and law at the Hamburg University of Economics and Politics (HWP); graduated with a degree in economics |
| 1993 | Study abroad at the University of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania |
| 1995 | Postgraduate studies in socio-economics at the Hamburg University of Economics and Politics (HWP); graduation as Dipl. Sozialökonom (graduate in socio-economics) |
| 1997 | Teamer, lecturer and author in extracurricular and corporate adult education |
| 1999 | Doctoral scholarship of the Hans Böckler Foundation |
| 2003 | Research assistant at the IMU Institute for Media Research and Urban Studies in Berlin |
| 2004 | Doctorate in economics and social sciences at the Hamburg University of Economics and Politics (HWP) |
| 2005 | Freelance author, consultant for economic policy and lecturer in the field of human resources and organizational development |
| 2006 | Appointment as professor for social economics and social policy at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences for Social and Health Care Ludwigshafen. |
| since 2008 | Professorship at the Department of Social and Health Services at the University of Applied Sciences Ludwighafen am Rhein. |
Memberships
- Liaison lecturer at the Hans Böckler Foundation
- "Forum New Politics of Labor" e.V.
- Association for Critical Social Research (AKG).
Publications (selection)
- Bildungspolitik als Sozialpolitik - Verteilungs- und Machtkonflikte in der Wissensgesellschaft, in: Chehata, Yasmine et al. (ed.): Handbuch Kritische politische Bildung, Frankfurt a.M.: Wochenschau Verlag 2024, pp. 168-175
- Education.power.distribution - Legitimation problems in the knowledge society, in: Contradictions 170, 43rd vol., December 2023, pp. 125-134
- Critical measurement of the "turn of an era", in: Z. Zeitschrift Marxistische Erneuerung, No. 129, September 2023, pp. 190-192
- 10 years of the Schlecker bankruptcy - Of women who made history, in: Express - Zeitung für sozialistische Betriebs- und Gewerkschaftsarbeit, No. 6/2022, 60th vol. p. 7
- Chaos and theory (on Alex Demirović and others: Understanding chaos), in: Z. Zeitschrift Marxistische Erneuerung, 33rd vol. 129, pp. 246-248
- Future topics of the Mosaic Left, in: Sozialismus.de, issue 10-2021, pp. 64-65
- Child poverty and society - socio-political challenges, in: P. Rahn, K. A. Chassé: Handbuch Kinderarmut, Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich, pp. 65-73
- "Macht", commentary on the article of the same title by Werner Goldschmidt (together with Bettina Lösch), in: W. Goldschmidt: Kapital - Macht - Staat, Stichworte zur marxistischen politischen Theorie, ed. by W. D. Hund and L. Lambrecht, Hamburg: VSA-Verlag, pp. 225-231
- Crisis perspectives for Europe and the challenges of migration - a political economy perspective, in: Ch. Resch, T. Wagner (eds.): Migration als soziale Praxis. Struggles for autonomy and repressive experiences, Münster: Verlag Westfälisches Dampfboot 2019, pp. 18-35
- For a democratic Europe, in: Gegenblende - Debattenmagazin, April 11, 2019, https://gegenblende.dgb.de/-/CgG
- Living dialectics, on Richard Sorg: Dialectical thinking, in: Contradictions 150: 200 years of Karl Marx - the old in the new, the new in the old, 38th vol., December 2018, pp. 133-138
- Corporations, (counter)power and human rights, at BASF and others there is little sign of supply chain responsibility, in: Express - Zeitung für sozialistische Betriebs- und Gewerkschaftsarbeit, No. 10/2018, 56th Vol., p. 7
- The controversial book - review of Ulrich Brand/ Markus Wissen: Imperiale Lebensweise, in: Politikum, issue 4-2017, p. 86
- Consequences of the Schlecker bankruptcy for employees, a contribution to the accounting of one of the largest insolvencies, in: Arbeitspapiere der Hochschule Ludwigshafen am Rhein No. 4, February 2017, Ludwigshafen
- Review of Frank Bsirske et al, Trade unions in the euro crisis, in: WSI-Mitteilungen 2-2017, p. 161
- Schlecker bankruptcy and the consequences for employees: Taking stock of one of the biggest insolvencies, in: Soziale Sicherheit, Zeitschrift für Arbeit und Soziales, issue 12-2016, pp. 452-455
- Occasions and results of the Schlecker Employees' Solidarity Fund, A contribution to the assessment of an insolvency and its consequences, project report, Ludwigshafen a. Rhein 2016
- More justice is only possible with more democracy, in: Gegenblende. Das gewerkschaftliche Debattenmagazin, issue 37, July 2016, http://gegenblende.dgb.de/-/ges
- Crisis perspectives for Europe (on Étienne Balibar: Europe: Crisis and End?), in: Z. Zeitschrift Marxistische Erneuerung, No. 108, 27th vol., 2016, pp. 225-227
- Political economy in educational work (on Ralf Krämer, Understanding Capitalism), in: Sozialismus.de, Issue 11-2015, 42nd Vol., pp. 36-37
- Keyword: Social justice, in: U. Brand, B. Lösch, B. Opratko, S. Thimmel (eds.): ABC der Alternativen 2.0, Von Alltagskultur bis Zivilgesellschaft, Hamburg: VSA-Verlag 2012, pp. 276-277
- Precarity, social insecurity and isolation - the return of the social question, in: Lösch, Bettina; Thimmel, Andreas (eds.): Kritische politische Bildung. A handbook. Bonn 2011, pp. 289-300, edition by the Federal Agency for Civic Education.
- Lower limit desperately needed, temporary work, mini-jobs and forced part-time work must come into focus (interview), in: Verdi-Report 4-2011, p. 3
- Globalization, educational material, published by the Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft, updated version, Berlin 2011 (together with Stefanie Gräfe and Sebastian Atmer)
- Steuerpolitik und Verteilungsgerechtigkeit, educational material, published by the Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft, updated version, Berlin 2011 (together with Sebastian Atmer)
- Precarity, social insecurity and isolation - the return of the social question, in: Gegenblende. Das gewerkschaftliche Debattenmagazin, 02-March/April, https://gegenblende.dgb.de/-/h3R
- Freedom, Equality, Solidarity. Contributions to the Dialectics of Democracy, ed. by W. Goldschmidt, B. Lösch, J. Reitzig, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern et al: Peter Lang Verlag 2009
- New Social Contract: Consensus and Conflict, in: Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik, 54. Jg., Heft 5-2009, S. 9-13
- Hegemony and justice. Notes on the debate about a key social concept, in: W. Goldschmidt, B. Lösch, J. Reitzig (eds.): Freiheit, Gleichheit, Solidarität. Contributions to the Dialectics of Democracy, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern et al: Peter Lang Verlag 2009, pp. 129-142
- "A category of nonsense..." - Social justice in the sights of neoliberal theory, in: Ch. Butterwegge, B. Lösch, R. Ptak (eds.): Neoliberalism - Analysis and Alternatives, Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag 2008, pp. 132-146
- Keyword: Social justice, in: U. Brand, B. Lösch, S. Thimmel (eds.): ABC der Alternativen, Von "Ästhetik des Widerstands" bis "Ziviler Ungehorsam", Hamburg: VSA-Verlag 2007, pp. 214-215
- Solidarity-based labour policy and the dissolution of boundaries - between industrialization, networking and responsibility, in: D. Scholz, H. Glawe, H. Martens, P. Paust-Lassen, G. Peter, J. Reitzig, F. O. Wolf (eds.): Turnaround? Strategies for a new politics of work - a challenge for trade unions and academia, Münster: Verlag Westfälisches Dampfboot 2006, pp. 200-209
- Hegemony and Legitimation, Conceptual Work in the Face of Neo-Contractualist Debates on the Future, in: L. Lambrecht, B. Lösch, N. Paech (eds.): Hegemoniale Weltpolitik und Krise des Staates, Series: Philosophie und Geschichte der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt a. M.: Peter Lang 2006, pp. 85-94
- Wirtschaftspolitik für ein anderes Europa, Vienna, April 4-6, 2006, in: Z. Zeitschrift Marxistische Erneuerung, 17th vol., no. 66, 2006, pp. 179-183
- Globalization, educational material, published by the Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft, Berlin 2006 (together with Stefanie Gräfe)
- Gesellschaftsvertrag, Gerechtigkeit, Arbeit - Eine hegemonietheoretische Analyse zur Debatte um einen "Neuen Gesellschaftsvertrag" im postfordistischen Kapitalismus, Münster: Verlag Westfälisches Dampfboot 2005
- Keyword: Offshoring, in: ABC der Globalisierung, edited by the Scientific Advisory Board of Attac, in cooperation with Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and die tageszeitung, Hamburg: VSA-Verlag 2005, pp. 138-139
- Review Bettina Lösch, Deliberative Politics. Modern conceptions of the public sphere, democracy and political participation, in: Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Heft 3-2005, pp. 488-490
- Innovativ wider den Mainstream, Gesellschaftliche Umbrüche und ihre Bedeutung für gewerkschaftliche Innovationen, IMU-Informationsdienst 6/2004, Munich: IMU Institute 2004
- Between self-organization, deliberation and regulation, theories on the process of social civilization in post-Fordist capitalism, Socioeconomic Text No. 114, Hamburg: HWP 2004
- Die Furcht vor den Habenichtsen - Zum Verhältnis von Neoliberalismus und Demokratie, in: Das Ende der Bescheidenheit - Aneignung, Dokumentation des 27. Bundeskongress (BUKO) vom 20.-23. Mail in Kassel, o.O., 2004, pp. 128-134
- Tax policy and distributive justice, educational material, published by the Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft, Berlin 2004
- A new social contract - catching up on justice: What knowledge do we need? In: Soli-aktuell Extra: Students at Work, Spring 2003, published by DGB-Bundesvorstand, Berlin, p. 6
- Globalization is not just globalization, in: Soli-aktuell Extra: Globalization, Autumn 2003, published by the DGB Federal Executive Committee, Berlin, pp. 4-5
- Forum Neue Politik der Arbeit - Herbsttagung 2003 (report), in: Z. - Zeitschrift Marxistische Erneuerung, 14. Jg., Nr. 56, December 2003, p. 161-166
- Clusterhandbuch Brandenburg, study commissioned by the Landesagentur für Struktur und Arbeit (LASA) Brandenburg, Berlin: IMU-Institut/LASA Brandenburg 2003 (together with V. Raenke and G. Richter)
- Review Michel Aglietta: A New Accumulation Regime. Regulation theory put to the test, in: Das Argument Nr. 237, 42. vol. 4-2000, pp. 598-600
- Of diversity in the one world. Review of L. Lambrecht, G. Hesselbein (eds.): Märkte - Staaten - Welt der Menschen. How universal is globalization? Hamburg 2000, in: HWP-Magazin 4-2000, p. 7
- Social pacts and social inequality or: What kind of justice is modern? Notes on the conflict over a 'new social contract', in: Z. Zeitschrift Marxistische Erneuerung No. 40, December 1999, pp. 45-60
- The future of work in a three-shift model? On the new report to the "Club of Rome" (Orio Giarini, Patrik M. Liedtke):, in: Z. Zeitschrift Marxistische Erneuerung No. 35, Sept. 1998, pp. 248-252
- Economy and Environment. Series: Materialien zur Bildungsarbeit, published by the Trade, Banking and Insurance Union (hbv), Düsseldorf 1998
- Vom wohlfahrtsstaatlichen Grundkonsens zum "schlanken Staat" - Die marktradikale Wendung der Gesellschaftsvertragstheorie, in: J. Klages, P. Strutynski (eds.): Kapitalismus am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts, Hamburg: VSA-Verlag 1997, pp. 54-66 (together with Sebastian Brandl)