William L. Patch (Washington and Virginia Lee University)

Christian Democratic Workers and the Forging of German Democracy, 1920-1980

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 341
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781108439367
• ISBN-10: 1108439365
• Artikelnr.: 59998753

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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.