16 inequality and solidarity iwmpost continued from page 13 cio-economic inequality, the Euro- access to power, or does it take the peans looked to their governments Commemoration agency of the disadvantaged them- and the EU for redistributive poli- Ceremony selves? Katherine Newman’s analysis cies. As Claus Offe remarked: “We of the effects of taxation in the US can legislate standards for clean air; On the first evening of the con- Solidarity and the Promotion of Good Life below the federal level demonstrat- why does it not seem possible to leg- ference, a commemoration ceremony ed how state actions can create, or islate for lower Gini coefficients?” ◁ in memoriam Krzysztof Michalski at least exacerbate, inequality. Alfred 1) OECD: Divided We Stand. Why (1948–2013), founding Rector of Gusenbauer pointed out in his con- Inequality Keeps Rising, 2011. the IWM, took place at the Museum report 2) of Applied Arts Vienna. In his cluding remarks that, furthermore, Congressional Budget Office: Trends in the Distribution of Household Income between memory, Michael Sandel, Anne T. people are much more critical of the 1979 and 2007, 2011. and Robert M. Bass Professor of The economic downturn and the rigorous austerity Government at Harvard University inequalities created by the state than 3) Richard G. Wilkinson and Kate Pickett: and member of the IWM Academic policies that followed the banking and financial crisis of those created by the markets. How- The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better, Bloomsbury Press: Advisory Board, gave a lecture on ever, in their suggested solutions, London, 2009. “Solidarity” (for a German translation of 2008 increased the level of inequality within European the experts from the US and those see Transit 44), preceded by and introductory speech (see IWMpost societies and among EU member states. New models from Europe, perhaps characteris- 111) by Cornelia Klinger, Professor tically, looked towards different sav- of Philosophy at the University of solidarity are in more demand than ever. On April 7, iors: whereas the US scholars were of Tübingen and IWM Permanent Fellow. 2013, Elsa Fornero, Ira Katznelson, Michael Sandel, more likely to ponder how to mo- Christina Pössel joined the IWM in 2013 bilize social movements against so- as program coordinator. Andreas Treichl and Alfred Gusenbauer (chair) dis- cussed how to escape the crises and to promote new models of good life at the Vienna Burgtheater. Conference On Solidarity VIII: Inequality and Social Solidarity rom a theoretical point of view, and elderly people, in particular, had Ira Katznelson opened up the been excluded from the highly pro- April 5–6, 2013, Vienna discussion with distinguish- tected labor market so far, Fornero Fing between four different layers of emphasized that inequality has in- Program Participants Rainer Münz inequality: the structural dimension creased not only in Italy, but also in Head of Research and Development, of inequality, the every-day experi- Europe and the US. As a main rea- April 5, 2013 Miroslav Beblavy Erste Bank, Vienna; Senior Fellow, son for the current disaster she iden- Professor of Public Policy, Comenius Hamburg Institute of International Welcome and Introduction: University, Bratislava; Member of the Economics tified the excessive and blind faith Cornelia Klinger Slovak Parliament; former Deputy that was put in markets. Minister of Social Affairs Katherine S. Newman In his function as CEO of Erste The IWM / Columbia Social Professor of Sociology and Public Solidarity-Program: Klaus Dörre Affairs; Dean, Krieger School of Arts Group and representing, as Alfred Kenneth Prewitt Professor of Sociology, Friedrich- and Sciences, Johns Hopkins Gusenbauer put it, “the view from Schiller University of Jena University, Baltimore Session I: inside the beast”, Andreas Treichl Introduction—Thinking Karl Duffek Ton Nijhuis showed sympathy for his female About Inequality Director, Dr.-Karl-Renner-Institut, Professor of German Studies, Faculty co-discussant: “It is not extreme- Vienna of Social Sciences; Scientific Director, ly enjoyable to be a banker these Introduction: Duitsland Instituut, University of Robert Hauser Georg Fischer Amsterdam; Member of the IWM days, but to be an Italian politician Ira Katznelson Director, Analysis, Evaluation, Academic Advisory Board must be horrible.“ In his statement Ivan Krastev External Relations, Directorate-Gener- Treichl questioned the double stan- al for Employment, Social Affairs & Claus Offe Equal Opportunities, European Professor of Political Sociology, dards when talking about the finan- April 6, 2013 Commission, Brussels Hertie School of Governance, Berlin; cial crisis and its consequences for Member of the IWM Academic states like Greece: For decades, West- Session II: Gerd Grötzinger Advisory Board Concentrated Poverty— Professor of European Studies, ern and Northern European coun- Economic Deprivation and International Institute of Management, Gerard Pfann tries—including Austria—had made Social Geography University of Flensburg Professor in Econometrics of Markets huge profits by exporting goods and Organizations; Vice-Dean for Introduction: Alfred Gusenbauer Research, School of Business & and services to Southern Europe Paul Jargowsky Former Federal Chancellor of Austria, Economics, Maastricht University they actually weren’t able to afford: Gerard Pfann Vienna “Putting a price on “And now we tell them, what they Nicole Marwell Kenneth Prewitt Natalia Zubarevich Elemer Hankiss Vice-President for Global Centers and did was wrong and that they have Public Policy Fellow and Research Professor of Public Affairs, Columbia a good also changes Session III: Director, Institute of Political Science, University, New York Concentrated Poverty— Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Differentiated Citizenship Budapest Kay L. Schlozman its meaning.” Professor of Political Science, Boston Michael Sandel Introduction: Robert Mason Hauser College, Chestnut Hill Kay Schlozman Professor of Sociology, University of Miroslav Beblavy Wisconsin-Madison Rogers Smith ence of inequality, the way we think Rogers Smith Professor of Political Science, about inequality and how we act in Paul A. Jargowsky University of Pennsylvania, certain situations. These four dimen- Session IV: Professor of Public Policy; Director, Philadelphia Consequences for Center for Urban Research and sions could explain, so the Professor the Poor and Non-Poor Urban Education, Rutgers University, Alexander Smolar of Political Science and History at Camden Senior Research Fellow, CNRS, Paris; Columbia University, why inequal- Introduction: President of the Board, Stefan Batory Cornelia Klinger Ira Katznelson Foundation, Warsaw ity is experienced and discussed in Katherine Newman Professor of Political Science and different ways. Paul Starr History, Columbia University, New Paul Starr Elsa Fornero, Italian Minister Conclusions: York; President, Social Science Professor of Sociology and Public Alfred Gusenbauer Research Council; Deputy Chair of the Affairs, Princeton University for Labor, Social Affairs and Equal IWM Academic Advisory Board Opportunities, was confronted with Conference chairs: Mieke Verloo the less abstract outcomes of redis- Claus Offe Cornelia Klinger Professor of Comparative Politics Kenneth Prewitt Permanent Fellow, IWM, Vienna; and Inequality Issues, University of tribution struggles right at the be- Professor of Philosophy, University of Nijmegen; IWM Non-Resident ginning of the debate. A group of Tuebingen Permanent Fellow young Italians in the audience who János M. Kovács Natalia Zubarevich called themselves “Choosy Italian Permanent Fellow, IWM, Vienna; Professor of Economic and Social migrants” heckled her and hand- “We now know External Research Fellow, Institute of Geography of Russia, Moscow State ed out leaflets. Their spokesperson Economics, Hungarian Academy of University; Director of the Regional Science, Budapest Program, Independent Institute for criticized Fornero for her labor mar- that the faith we Social Policy ket reforms which have forced many Ivan Krastev young workers to go abroad. Forne- put in markets was Permanent Fellow, IWM, Vienna; Chair of the Board, Centre for Liberal ro, in turn, invited the activists to Strategies, Sofia meet with her after the public de- too much.” The conference series “On Solidarity” is bate (which they did) and stressed, Nicole P. Marwell organized in cooperation with Columbia Elsa Fornero Professor of Public Affairs and University, ERSTE Foundation, Duitsland according to her personal experi- Instituut Amsterdam, Renner Institute and Sociology, City University of New York Erste Bank. ence, the narrow limits of solidarity to pay for what we sold them.” Thus when it comes to mediate between solidarity can be found, in the best opposing demands in times of cri- case, only within national contexts, sis. Well-aware that young, female according to Treichl. Compared to no. 112 ◆ winter 2013/14 iwmpost inequality and solidarity 17 Solidarity and the Promotion of Good Life Debating Europe / Europa im Diskurs January 13 / March 10 / April 7, 2013 Burgtheater, Vienna Since 2008, the series Debating der Europäischen Union und die Europe brings leading politicians, Frage, ob es trotz aller kulturellen scholars and intellectuals together Unterschiede so etwas wie eine ge- on-stage to discuss pressing ques- meinsame kulturelle Identität geben tions of European relevance. The kann. public debates are jointly organized by the Vienna Burgtheater,