Christian Democratic Workers and the Forging of German Democracy, - 1920198

Informationen zum Autor William L. Patch is the William R. Kenan Professor of History at Washington and Lee University, Virginia. He is the author of many monographs and articles, including Heinrich Brüning and the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic (Cambridge, 1998). Klappentext How a distinctive approach to social policy led democracy to flourish in the Federal Republic of Germany despite its past. Zusammenfassung Why has democracy flourished in the Federal Republic of Germany? This book illuminates the pivotal role played by the half million veterans of the Christian trade unions of the Weimar Republic! who sought with great success after 1945 to alleviate class conflict through welfare legislation and worker participation in management. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: democratization and the 'German model' for labor relations; 1. Christian trade unionists and the dissolution of the Weimar republic; 2. Christian laborites and the founding of the federal republic; 3. The debate over co-determination (mitbestimmung), 1949-1953; 4. The influence of Christian democratic workers on welfare legislation, 1953-1957; 5. Seeking a new path in the twilight of the Adenauer era; 6. The political success and organizational decline of Christian democratic workers, 1966-1980; Conclusion: the legacy of the Christian labor movement.

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• Authors: William L. Patch, William L. (Washington and Lee University Patch, William L. (Washington and Lee University V Patch, William L. (Washington and Lee University Virginia) Patch
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781108424110
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42411-0
• No. of pages: 340
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Religion & politics, Political structures: democracy, Trade Unions, Religion and Politics, West Germany