Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 233 pages)
ISBN:
9780203142301
,
9781136497995
,
9781136498039
,
9781136498046
Series Statement:
Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare 14
Content:
1. Introduction -- 2. Theory : economic interests and political constraints -- 3. The origins of employers' associations : coordinating against organized labor -- 4. Bismarck's social reforms : employers and social pacification -- 5. World War I and its consequences : class collaboration in exceptional times -- 6. Business and the origins of unemployment insurance : protecting work incentives -- 7. Business after World War II : the 'social market economy' -- 8. Post-war social policy reforms : containing welfare expansion -- 9. Codetermination : employers against economic democracy -- 10. Employers and the German model today -- 11. Conclusions : how employers shaped the welfare state.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-224) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415611367
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138803510
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415611367
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203142301
