Christian democratic workers and the forging of German democracy, 1920-1980 / William L. Patch Jr., Washington and Lee University

Why has democracy flourished in the Federal Republic of Germany despite that country's troubled past? Exhaustive research in German historical archives illuminates the pivotal role played by the veterans of the Christian trade unions of the Weimar Republic, the only group to participate in both...

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Hauptverfasser:Patch, William L.
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018
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Democratization and the "German model" for labor relations
Christian trade unionists and the dissolution of the Weimar Republic
Christian laborites and the founding of the Federal Fepublic
The debate over co-determination (Mitbestimmung), 1949-1953
The influence of Christian democratic workers on welfare legislation, 1953-1957
Seeking a new path in the twilight of the Adenauer era
The political success and organizational decline of Christian democratic workers, 1966-1980. - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Mar 2018)