History of the German Public Pension System - Continuity Amid Change

Informationen zum Autor By Alfred C. Mierzejewski Klappentext This book is the first comprehensive institutional history of the German public pension system. It combines analyses of political, economic, financial, and demographic factors to explain how the system evolved in the face of challenges posed by wars, inflation, regime changes, and the evolution of cultural norms. Zusammenfassung This book is the first comprehensive institutional history of the German public pension system. It combines analyses of political! economic! financial! and demographic factors to explain how the system evolved in the face of challenges posed by wars! inflation! regime changes! and the evolution of cultural norms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Origins of the German Public Pension SystemChapter 2: The Initial Period of Expansion, 1891-1918Chapter 3: World War and Inflation, 1914-1923Chapter 4: Temporary Stabilization and Renewed Crisis, 1924-1933Chapter 5: Pensions under the Swastika, 1933-1945Chapter 6: Interregnum, 1945-1949Chapter 7: The Golden Era of Benefit Expansion in the West, 1949-1972Chapter 8: The Long Crisis: Economic Stagnation and Demographic Decline, 1973-1990Chapter 9: The Government Retirement Pension System of the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1989Chapter 10: Political and Social Reunification, 1990-1994Chapter 11: The Reform Era of 1994-2007Chapter 12: Looking Back

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• Authors: Mierzejewski, Alfred C. Mierzejewski, Mierzejewski Alfred C.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9781498521161
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2116-1
• No. of pages: 444
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Pensions, Business & Economics / Investments & Securities / General, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare and benefit systems