Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
Applied Social Studies
and
Institute for Independent Research
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
• Empowerment - Terminological Remarks
• Dimensions of Empowerment
• Social Empowerment - A Different Concept
• Welfare State and Welfare Society - Challenges for a Global Political Shift
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
TWO QUESTIONS ON POWER
* ruling in situations of and maintaining situations of
inequality
* mastering situations and processes
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
SOCIAL POLICY OF THE SOCIAL STATE
* ruling in situations of and maintaining situations of
inequality
Acceptance of inequality and working on change
within the system
Increasing individual capabilities
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT
* Capability
* Competence
* Mastery
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
Social state, looking after functional capabilities
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
Socio-economic security Empowerment
Inclusion Cohesion
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
Income from employment, Family support, Benefits
Skills training, (Semi-) Public Services
Kinship (networks), Employment
Peer group building, Competition
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
THE LOSS OF THE SOCIAL -
SOCIETIES OF INDIVIDUALS
• An agreement of free will, between two free/
formally equal parties
• Mutual obligations
• Mutual benefits
•Limited to the obligations expressed in the contract
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
SOCIAL POLICY OF THE WELL-BEING STATE
* ruling in situations of and maintaining situations of
inequality
Acceptance of inequality and working on change
within the system
Increasing support mechanisms and
distributive supply policies
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
Well-being state, as protective, (re-)distributive,supplying institutional system
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
Socio-economic security Empowerment
Inclusion Cohesion
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
Income from employment, Family support, Benefits
Skills training, (Semi-) Public Services
Kinship (networks), Employment
Peer group building, Competition
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
Well-fare State, as protective, in some part
(re)distributive system, based on subsidiarity
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
subject matter of ‘the social’ as ‘the outcome
of constantly changing processes through
which human subjects realise themselves as
interactive human beings.
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
SOCIAL POLICY OF THE SUSTAINABLEWELL-FARE SOCIETY
* Mastering situations and processes
Rejection of inequality and working on change
of the system
Distributive Policies, Building on Resources and
Enhancing Power of Individuals and Society
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
Social Empowerment is concerned with the
means and processes and relations necessary
for people to be capable of actively participating
in social relations and actively influencing
the immediate and more distant social and
physical environment.
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
Social Empowerment is the degree to which the
personal capabilities are and the ability of people
to act is enhanced by social relations.
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
sustainable
w e l f a r e s o c i e t y
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
Socio-economic security Empowerment
Inclusion Cohesion
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
Independent resources for social relations
Capabilities for participating in social
relations
Integration into social relations and accessibility
of institutions
Redistribution
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
Ubuntu
(South African term, meaning “I am because we are”)
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
1) What kind of knowledge do people have and
how do they obtain it?
2) To which extent are people in control of their
position on the labour market?
3) What is the relation between relevant institutions
and individuals like?
4) How is the relevant public space structured?
5) Do supportive personal networks exist?
Societal Development
Access as dimension of socio-economic
security in terms of empowerment as
personal capability and relationships
Autonomy as dimension of
appropriating and utilising resources in order to be capable of actively participating in social relations and
actively influencing the immediate and
more distant social and physical environment
Systems, institutions, organisations Participation as
dimension of inclusion in terms of
empowerment in terms of empowerment as
civic rights (comprising of civil, political and social
rights
Control as dimension of cohesion in terms of
empowerment as accessibility of the
institutional system
Communities, configurations, groups
Biographical Development
Forum -Societal Development
Politeia -Institutions
Agora -Communities
Universities -The Universally Developed Personality
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
It is the challenge to reinvent the welfare state as a
strong and responsible entity that allows the
development and maintenance of a welfare society.
Peter Herrmann: Social Empowerment – A Matter of Enabling Society to Cope with Personalities
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