Fehlende produktive Beschäftigung

Koloniales Erbe und postimperialistische Praktiken

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  • Christoph Scherrer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v55i218.2152

Schlagworte:

Demografie, Industrialisierung, Kapitalismus, Peripherie, Überschussbevölkerung

Abstract

Über die Hälfte der globalen Erwerbsbevölkerung ist nur prekär beschäftigt – produktive, formale Beschäftigung fehlt. In dem Beitrag frage ich nach den ökonomischen, sozialen und politischen Gründen. Die Antwort basiert auf einem historisch-materialistischen Ansatz, der die geopolitischen Kontexte und den Stand der Produktivkräfte der frühen und der nachholenden Industrialisierung vergleicht: der lange Schatten der Kolonialzeit, das deutlich größere Produktivitätsgefälle zwischen Industrie und Landwirtschaft, das erheblich schnellere Wachstum der Erwerbsbevölkerung (medizinischer Fortschritt und engeres Migrationsventil) und weltwirtschaftliche Regeln, die ein Aufholen erschweren.

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2025-02-27

Zitationsvorschlag

Scherrer, C. (2025). Fehlende produktive Beschäftigung: Koloniales Erbe und postimperialistische Praktiken. PROKLA. Zeitschrift für Kritische Sozialwissenschaft, 55(218), 13–32. https://doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v55i218.2152