Von Sprungbrettern und Rutschbahnen – Prekäre Frauenbeschäftigung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (1973–1998) als Prüfstein für die Arbeitsmarktstrategien der „Neuen Sozialdemokratie“.

The article discusses the effects of more flexible working circumstances in Germany. The author specifically investigates how the flexibility has led to the placement of low qualified workers in "simple" service jobs under the "New Socialism" program. The precarious consequences for those low paid employees, many of them women, include suffering loss of status and self-esteem in a downward spiral and a degree of dehumanization.