Alfred C. Mierzejewski

A History of the German Public Pension System

Continuity amid Change

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books / Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 798g
• ISBN-13: 9781498521161
• ISBN-10: 1498521169
• Artikelnr.: 44213908

Autorenporträt

Alfred C. Mierzejewski is professor of modern German history at the University of North Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Origins of the German Public Pension System Chapter 2: The Initial Period of Expansion, 1891
1918 Chapter 3: World War and Inflation, 1914
1923 Chapter 4: Temporary Stabilization and Renewed Crisis, 1924
1933 Chapter 5: Pensions under the Swastika, 1933
1945 Chapter 6: Interregnum, 1945
1949 Chapter 7: The Golden Era of Benefit Expansion in the West, 1949
1972 Chapter 8: The Long Crisis: Economic Stagnation and Demographic Decline, 1973
1990 Chapter 9: The Government Retirement Pension System of the German Democratic Republic, 1949
1989 Chapter 10: Political and Social Reunification, 1990
1994 Chapter 11: The Reform Era of 1994
2007 Chapter 12: Looking Back