Social Protection, Capitalist Production - The Bismarckian Welfare State in German Political Economy, 1880 2015

This book provides a political history of German capitalism, from the late 19th century to current events.

List of contents

• 1: The Political Construction of a Coordinated Political Economy


• 2: Social Insurance and the Origins of the German Political Economy


• 3: Modell Deutschland as an Interdenominational Compromise


• 4: Work and Welfare as Strategic Complements in Germany's Postwar Economic Order


• 5: Pathological Adjustment, Structural Change and the Welfare State: Modell Deutschland after the Golden Age


• 6: International Complementarities of National Capitalism


• 7: Conclusion

About the author

Philip Manow is professor for Comparative Political Economy at the University of Bremen. His publications include In the King's Shadow (Polity, 2010) and Welfare Democracies and Party Politics (edited with Bruno Palier and Hanna Schwander, OUP, 2018).

Summary

This book provides a political history of German capitalism, from the late 19th century to current events.

Additional text

Presents a new interpretation of the German political economy and its functioning logic, focusing on the Bismarckian welfare state and its past and present impact.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Manow, Philip (Chair for Comparative Political Eco Manow, Philip (Chair for Comparative Political Economy Manow, Manow Philip
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780198842538
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884253-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Political science & theory, Political Economy, Political science and theory