Industry And Politics In West Germany

Author : Peter J. Katzenstein
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501731475
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Industry and Politics in West Germany written by Peter J. Katzenstein and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dynamic technological developments in industrial production, the rise of new social movements in national politics, and great changes in the international political economy have left a deep imprint on the Federal Republic. A compelling explanation of West Germany's success in maintaining economic prosperity and political stability under such challenging conditions has continued to elude observers. Under the editorship of Peter J. Katzenstein, thirteen distinguished scholars from both sides of the Atlantic here provide an original interpretation of the political economy of the Bonn Republic during the forty years since its founding, and explore in particular its extraordinary capacity for accommodating change. Whereas studies in political economy have typically focused on one level of political action—either the shop floor, or national politics, or the international system—this innovative account analyzes the interaction of change at all three levels, bringing together case studies drawn from six manufacturing and service sectors.

Author : Peter J. Katzenstein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780877222644
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policy and Politics in West Germany written by Peter J. Katzenstein and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we account for the lack of large-scale policy change in West Germany despite changes in the partisan make-up of the federal government? This formulation of "the German Question" differs from the one commonly posed by students of German politics, a version usually focused on Germany's tragic confrontation with modernity and a possible revival of militarism and authoritarianism. Katzenstein here uncovers the political structures that make incremental policy change such a plausible political check against the growing force of government. This book examines in detail how West German policy and politics interrelate in six problem areas: economic management, industrial relations, social welfare, migrant workers, administrative reform, and university reform. Throughout these six case studies, Katzenstein suggests that West Germany's semi-sovereign state provides the answer to the German Question as it precludes the possibility of central authority. Coalition governments, federalism, para-public institutions, and the state bureaucracy are the domestic forces that have tamed power in the Federal Republic. Author note:Peter J. Katzensteinis Professor of Government at Cornell University, as well as a former editor of International Organization.

Author : Mark E. Spicka
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781845452230
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selling the Economic Miracle written by Mark E. Spicka and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an examination of election campaign propaganda and various public relations campaigns, reflecting new electioneering techniques borrowed from the United States, this work explores how conservative political and economic groups sought to construct and sell a political meaning of the Social Market Economy and the Economic Miracle in West Germany during the 1950s.The political meaning of economics contributed to conservative electoral success, constructed a new belief in the free market economy within West German society, and provided legitimacy and political stability for the new Federal Republic of Germany.

Author : David Childs
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317537602
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book West Germany (RLE: German Politics) written by David Childs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, originally published in 1981, provides the student and general reader alike with a fascinating account of the dynamic re-emergence of Germany after the Second World War as one of the world’s leading and most powerful states. The book gives extensive coverage to all aspects of the former West Germany’s political, social and economic arrangements. As well as dealing with the Basic Law, political parties, Bundestag and government, it also discusses neglected subjects, such as education, the armed forces, welfare services, the role of women, the economy and industrial relations and the mass media.

Author : Karl Koch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317536495
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book West Germany Today (RLE: German Politics) written by Karl Koch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative study, written by experts in their fields and originally published in 1989, provides a comprehensive introduction to aspects of West German society, politics and economics. Individual chapters investigate West German politics, education, industrial relations, the media and the relations between the two German states.

Author : Kurt Sontheimer
Publisher : Hutchinson Radius
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Government and Politics of West Germany written by Kurt Sontheimer and published by Hutchinson Radius. This book was released on 1972 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Manfred E. Streit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Industrial Politics for Technological Change: The Case of West Germany written by Manfred E. Streit and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Geoffrey K. Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780800881528
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book West German Politics written by Geoffrey K. Roberts and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Werner Abelshauser
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1782387994
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of German Industry written by Werner Abelshauser and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, the "German Model" of industrial organization has been the subject of vigorous debate among social scientists and historians, especially in comparison to the American one. Is a "Rhenish capitalism" still viable at the beginning of the 21st century and does it offer a road to the New Economy different from the one, in which the standards are set by the U.S.? The author, one of Germany's leading economic historians, analyzes the special features of the German path to the New Economy as it faces the American challenge. He paints a fascinating picture of Germany Inc. and looks at the durability of some of its structures and the mentalities that undergird it. He sees a "culture clash" and argues against an underestimation of the dynamics of the German industrial system. A provocative book for all interested in comparative economics and those who have been inclined to dismiss the German Model as outmoded and weak.

Author : Lowell Turner
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501717170
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting for Partnership written by Lowell Turner and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Germany from 1949 to 1990 was a story of virtually unparalleled political and economic success. This economic miracle incorporated a well-functioning political democracy, expanded to include a "social partnership" system of economic representation. Then the Wall came down. Economic crisis in the East—industrial collapse, massive layoffs, a demoralized workforce—triggered gloomy predictions. Was this the beginning of the end for the widely admired "German model"? Lowell Turner has extensively researched the German transformation in the 1990s. Indeed, in 1993 he was at the factory gates at Siemens in Rostock for the first major strike in post-Cold War eastern Germany. In that strike, and in a series of other incisively analyzed workplace and job developments in eastern Germany, he shows the remarkable resilience and flexibility of the German social partnership and the contribution of its institutions to unification. His controversial and, to some, radical findings will stimulate debate at home and abroad.