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The Human Right to Social Security and Its Impact on Socio-Political Action in Germany and Finland
Ingo Stammsubject
sosiaaliturvaSociology and Political ScienceSocial philosophymedia_common.quotation_subjectFundamental rightsRight to property050906 social work03 medical and health sciencesPolitical scienceconception of human beingsSocial scienceobjective hermeneuticsmedia_commonRight to social security030505 public healthHuman rightshyvinvointivaltiotsocial human rights05 social sciencesSocial changetyöllisyyspolitiikkatyöttömyysunemployment policiesInternational human rights lawihmisoikeudetPolitical economyCultural rightscomparative research on welfare states0509 other social sciences0305 other medical scienceLawihmiskuvadescription
Social human rights have rarely been given attention in social work research or comparative studies on welfare states. The paper aims at filling the gap by analysing the conception of human beings inherent in human rights and in unemployment policy documents in Germany and Finland. Its focus lies on the right to social security, a central norm of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The main question is what impact does the right to social security have on socio-political action in Germany and Finland. The results of the analysis, which was based on the objective hermeneutics, revealed a structural similarity between the conceptions of human beings in both countries. Unemployed people are labelled as deficient and potentially in need of educational measures. Their autonomy is curtailed, sometimes severely. In this sense, the right to social security has hardly any impact. The social work profession in theory and practice should use human rights as a tool against these new forms of oppression. peerReviewed
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-06 | Journal of Human Rights and Social Work |