The Political Economy of West Germany, 1945–85

The Political Economy of West Germany, 1945–85

Author: Jeremy Leaman

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1988-02-09

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1349190403

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The post-war emergence of West Germany as the dominant economic power in Europe gave rise to the mythology of the 'economic miracle' and the model policies of the 'social market economy'. This study reveals a mundane reality of class politics in which democratic institutions have become increasingly marginalised by big capital and by an unelected central bank. Economic policy has failed to halt the recent slide into mass unemployment and has reverted optimistically to the plan-less export drives of the fifties. The absence of the earlier advantages, the author claims, bodes ill for the future of 'model Germany'.


Selling the Economic Miracle

Selling the Economic Miracle

Author: Mark E. Spicka

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9781845452230

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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.


Industry and Politics in West Germany

Industry and Politics in West Germany

Author: Peter J. Katzenstein

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2018-08-06

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 1501731475

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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.


The Political Economy of Germany in the Twentieth Century

The Political Economy of Germany in the Twentieth Century

Author: Karl Hardach

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2022-07-15

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0520370120

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.


From Embargo to Ostpolitik

From Embargo to Ostpolitik

Author: Angela E. Stent

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-10-30

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9780521521376

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Examines the development of Soviet-West German relations from both the Russian and German sides.


The Political Economy of German Unification

The Political Economy of German Unification

Author: Thomas Lange

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781571818805

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Examines such issues as privatization, monetary reform, and unemployment in reunified Germany. Contributors from economics and politics discuss the complex processes of the unification and what can be learned from it about economies and societies that undergo profound transformations. They suggest that Europe as a whole is about to encounter such change of like magnitude. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Imbalance

Imbalance

Author: Tobias Schulze-Cleven

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-03-30

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1000370186

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Germany is a central case for research on comparative political economy, which has inspired theorizing on national differences and historical trajectories. This book assesses Germany’s political economy after the end of the "social democratic" 20th century to rethink its dominant properties and create new opportunities for using the country as a powerful lens into the evolution of democratic capitalism. Documenting large-scale changes and new tensions in the welfare state, company strategies, interest intermediation, and macroeconomic governance, the volume makes the case for analysing contemporary Germany through the politics of imbalance rather than the long-standing paradigm of institutional stability. This conceptual reorientation around inequalities and disparities provides much-needed traction for clarifying the causal dynamics that govern ongoing processes of institutional recomposition. Delving into the politics of imbalance, the volume explicates the systemic properties of capitalism, multivalent policy feedback, and the organizational foundations of creative adjustment as key vantage points for understanding new forms of distributional conflict within and beyond Germany. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of German Politics.