Summary / Resumé
Friedhelm Hengsbach: The Partners of a Revised Social Contract
The post-war compromise of allocation is no longer valid. A new social contract is necessary if the reconciliation of economic prosperity and individual liberty for everyone is to be preserved in the future. But which collective social actors could be the partners of a revised social contract? Nation-states and the big international organisations possess their own options for future action, which they have by no means exhausted. On the other hand, the actors of civil society such as unions, church initiatives and associations, new social movements and NGOs, communal and social self-governments as well as businesses and corporations may be able to critically advance the existing approaches towards a democratic and solidary renewal. All of them have different resources and forms of action at their disposal, which should be used in a confident and active manner.