Rechte Orientierungen in der Arbeitswelt: Marktsteuerung als Ursache des neuen Rechtspopulismus?

Abstract

The article highlights the development and stabilization of extreme right-wing positions within the work sphere. The core assumption is that the tendency of recommodification of labor, which is characteristic for highly developed economies these days, undermines the socially integrative dimension of gainful employment. This is one reason for the new phenomenon of right-wing populism, which can be increasingly found among blue collar as well as white collar workers. Well-meant strategies in companies and administrative authorities for inhibiting racism are mostly ineffective or even counterproductive because they fail to identify the real reasons for racist prejudices at work. Effective strategies should aim at stopping the tendency of recommodification through new modes of social re-embedding.