The Politics of West German Trade Unions: Strategies of Class and Interest Representation in Growth and Crisis

ISBN-13: 9781138650985 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 588 str.

Andrei Markovits

Opis

First published in 1986, this book assesses the Politics of the West German trade unions in the context of their larger role as major actors in the polity. By focusing on the historical realities of the labour movement both before and after 1945, the study explains to what extent organized labour solidified and challenged the dominant structures of politics and authority. It examines the metalworkers union, the construction workers union, the printers union and that of the chemical workers and shows how the industrial reality of each helped shape its political outlook and strategic thinking.

This book will be of particular interest for students of trade unions, industrial relations and political economy in West Germany."

Spis treści

Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Structure of the West German Union Movement 2. The Legal Framework for Industrial Relations in the Federal Republic 3. A History of the German Trade Union Federation, Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB): From Reconstruction to the Third Basic Program 4. Vanguard of West German Labor: The Metalworkers’ Union, IG Metall 5. From Activism to Accommodation: The Deradicalization of the Chemical Workers’ Union, IG Chemie-Papier-Keramik 6. Leber’s Vanguard: The Construction Workers’ Union, IG Bau-Steine-erden (written by Thomas C. Ertman) 7. The Aristocracy of Labour: The Printers’ Union, IG Druck und Papier (written by Thomas C. Ertman); Conclusion; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary of German terms; Index

O autorze

Markovits, Andrei