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Book SynopsisStephen J. Silvia examines the oscillations of the German economy across the entire postwar period through one of its most important components: the industrial relations system.
Trade ReviewAs the culmination of three decades of research, Silvia's book utilizes new evidence and an interdisciplinary approach to detail the trajectory of German industrial relations over the course of the postwar decades....Stephen J. Silvia has provided economists and historians with a readable and clearly argued story of trade unions, employers associations, and the challenges that they have faced.
-- Adam T. Rosenbaum * German Studies Review *
In this wide-rangingthoroughly researched study of industrial relations in GermanySilvia (School of International ServiceAmerican Univ.) examines the evolution of trade unionsemployers' associationsand collective bargaining in various economic sectors since the end of WW IIas well as the development of "codeterminations, i.e. the role of work councils and of employee representatives on supervisory boards.... This volume will be a value to economists as well as political scientists inderested in collective bargaining and the postwar German economy."
-- H.D. Renning * Choice *
Table of ContentsIntroduction1. The Enduring Resilience of the Law and the State in German Industrial Relations2. Codetermination: Pillar of Postwar German Industrial Relations3. A Quantitative Analysis of Membership Developments in the Postwar German Trade Union Movement: Milieu Matters4. Trade Unions in Germany: The Two Postwar Movements5. Employers Associations: From Regaining Credibility to Retaining RelevanceConclusion: Integrating the Pieces and Looking toward the FutureNotes
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