Herrschaft, Arbeitsteilung, Ungleichheit

Abstract

Concerning contemporary capitalism a „return of class“ is diagnosed. The paper argues that this is not sufficient to analyze and describe the societal development. Further social differentiations and inequalities have to be recognized to be effects as well as prepositions of finance capitalism. This is analyzed and exemplified in the case of care work by discussing different care regimes in the context of economic and social change and especially austerity. The „crisis of care“ has to be seen as a result of different, but amalgamated logics and relations of dominance combined with different models of the welfare state. The examination shows how the gendered and ethnic division of labor is shaping societal change.