Fighting for Partnership - (Cornell Studies in Political Economy) by Lowell Turner (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- West Germany from 1949 to 1990 was a story of virtually unparalleled political and economic success.
- About the Author: Lowell Turner is Associate Professor in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.
- 208 Pages
- Political Science, Labor & Industrial Relations
- Series Name: Cornell Studies in Political Economy
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West Germany from 1949 to 1990 was a story of virtually unparalleled political and economic success. This economic miracle incorporated a well-functioning political democracy, expanded to include a "social partnership" system of economic...
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West Germany from 1949 to 1990 was a story of virtually unparalleled political and economic success. This economic miracle incorporated a well-functioning political democracy, expanded to include a "social partnership" system of economic representation. Then the Wall came down. Economic crisis in the East--industrial collapse, massive layoffs, a demoralized workforce--triggered gloomy predictions. Was this the beginning of the end for the widely admired "German model"? Lowell Turner has extensively researched the German transformation in the 1990s. Indeed, in 1993 he was at the factory gates at Siemens in Rostock for the first major strike in post-Cold War eastern Germany. In that strike, and in a series of other incisively analyzed workplace and job developments in eastern Germany, he shows the remarkable resilience and flexibility of the German social partnership and the contribution of its institutions to unification. His controversial and, to some, radical findings will stimulate debate at home and abroad.
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Lowell Turner has extensively researched the German transformation in the 1990s. Indeed, in 1993 he was at the factory gates at Siemens in Rostock for the first major strike in post-Cold War eastern Germany. In that strike, and in a series of other incisively analyzed workplace and job developments in eastern Germany, he shows the remarkable resilience and flexibility of the German social partnership and the contribution of its institutions to unification. His controversial and, to some, radical findings will stimulate debate at home and abroad.Review Quotes
A charmingly readable page-turner about labor relations in the former East Germany.... Turner's study is one of the best labor history books this reviewer has read in recent years.... Recommended for anyone with an interest in German studies and for students of contemporary history and social sciences.
-- "Choice"A seasoned observer of Germany's contemporary industrial scene, Lowell Turner's vivid and up-beat book rightly emphasizes a remarkable achievement which has failed to win the international recognition it deserves.
-- "Financial Times"Highly readable.
-- "Canadian Journal of Political Science"Provides an argument that industrial relations in eastern Germany has demonstrated remarkable resilience and flexibility and has sustained the transferred German model of social partnership. Turner uses the concept of social partnership in terms of the relationship between labour and management, and specifically the collective bargaining relationship between organised employers and trade unions within the German co-determination framework.
--Karl Koch "German Politics"About the Author
Lowell Turner is Associate Professor in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. His published work includes Democracy at Work: Changing World Markets and the Future of Labor Unions and Negotiating the New Germany: Can Social Partnership Survive? both from Cornell.
