Dealing with "Work Shyness" in the Nazi Era: How Old Stigmata Shape Social Policy

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The "bad unemployed" cause excitement. Again and again, the "total refusal" is haunted by the political debate: able-to-work basic security recipients who, without objective reason, reject a reasonable activity. That, it is said, violates work morale and sense of justice. However, the stigmatization of "work shys" or "asocial" has a long, dark history. Social historian Sebastian Wenger has now illuminated this: he has presented a comprehensive s…