Author: Klaus Larres
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-08-27
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 1317891740
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Today the problems of reunification seem to feature more often in the international spotlight than the benefits. This timely volume offers a reassessment of Germany's postwar development from its inception through to reunification, including a thorough examination of the implications for economic, political and social policies. The impressive team of contributors include leading names in the history of modern Germany, together with some of the ablest younger scholars in the field. They are: Hartmut Berghoff, David Childs, Immanuel Geiss, Graham Hallett, Klaus Larres, Terry McNeill, Torsten Opelland, Richard Overy, Stephen Padgett, Panikos Panayi, and Mathias Siekmeier.
Author: Hans-Joachim Braun
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-10-02
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 113497681X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The twentieth century has seen Germany transformed from imperial monarchy, through Weimar democracy, National Socialist dictatorship, to finally divide into parliamentary democracy in the West and socialist Volksdemocratie in the East. Pivoting on two World Wars, intense political change has dramatically affected Germany's economic structure and development. This book traces the logic and the peculiarities of German economic development through the Weimar Republic, Third Reich and Federal Republic. Providing a comprehensive analysis of the period, the book also assesses controversial issues, such as the origins of the Great Depression, the primacy of politics or economics in the decision to invade Poland and the future risks to the Weltmeister economy of the Federal Republic oppressed by unemployment, the huge debts of some of its trading partners, and the possibility of worldwide protectionism.
Author: Hans F. Zacher
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-11-15
Total Pages: 461
ISBN-13: 364222525X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book investigates the history of the post-war welfare state in Germany and its normative foundations, with special emphasis on constitutional issues. The author, formerly Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Social Law, Munich, and President of the Max-Planck-Society, argues that social policy – not only in Germany – is about struggles over the “social”. The “social” is an open and changing concept that reflects the modern quest for equality, voiced in semantics like justice, participation, inclusion and security. The “social” and the “social state” (the German term for welfare state) are enshrined in the German Constitution of 1949, the Grundgesetz. The book sets out the phases of welfare state development in depth. Social policies are analyzed in view of wider contexts, especially the nation state, the rule of law (Rechtsstaat), federalism and democracy. The author emphasizes the dialectics between the national character of the welfare state and its manifold international references.
Author: Detlef Radke
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-07-20
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13: 113577806X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study presents the economic system of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Social Market Economy. Its aim is to describe the elements of this system that ensure its openness, dynamism, efficiency, stability and social balance. Taking Germany as an example, the study thus seeks to identify what is specifically German about its market economy system rather than to explain how a market economy system works.
Author: Eugene K. Keefe
Publisher:
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →General study of Germany, Federal Republic - covers historical and geographical aspects, population, living conditions, language, the social structure, education, the fine arts, mass medias, the political system, government, foreign policy, the economic structure, the agrarian structure, the industrial structure, the armed forces, the administration of justice, etc. Bibliography pp. 355 to 372, flow charts, glossary, graphs, maps and statistical tables.
Author: Volker Rolf Berghahn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1987-11-27
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780521347488
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Modern Germany presents a comprehensive overview and interpretation of the development of Germany in the twentieth century, a country whose history has decisively shaped the map and the politics of modern Europe and the world in which we live. Professor Berghahn is not merely concerned with politics diplomacy, but also with social change, economic performance and industrial relations. For this new edition Professor Berghahn has broadened and extended his discussion of the two Germanies. He also has updated the tables and bibliography.
Author: James A Cooney
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-07-11
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 1000301400
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book examines the current and historical dimensions of relations between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany, focusing on the complex economic issues that make the two countries interdependent and on the resulting policy implications. The contributors analyze the reasons for increasingly problematic relations between the United States and West Germany, arguing that the situation is exacerbated by the inadequate understanding Americans often have of the changing nature of society, politics, and culture in West Germany.
Author: Anthony James Nicholls
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It was a serious attempt to harness the dynamic forces of free-market competition while avoiding the damaging social problems created by unfettered laissez-faire.