Industry and Politics in West Germany : : Toward the Third Republic / / ed. by Peter J. Katzenstein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Allen, Christopher S.,; Baethge, Martin,; Esser, Josef,; Fach, Wolfgang,; Gowa, Joanne,; Halfmann, Jost,; Herrigel, Gary B.,; Junne, Gerd,; Katzenstein, Peter J.,; Kern, Horst,; Oberbeck, Herbert,; Schumann, Michael,; Streeck, Wolfgang,
• HerausgeberIn: Katzenstein, Peter J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.) :; 17 tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Contributors --; Preface --; PART I. INTRODUCTION --; 1. Industry in a Changing West Germany --; PART II. THREE TYPES OF CHANGE --; 2. Bipolarity and the Postwar International Economic Order --; 3. Social Change and Political Mobilization in West Germany --; 4. New Concepts of Production in West German Plants --; PART III. INDUSTRY RESPONSES --; 5. Successful Adjustment to Turbulent Markets: The Automobile Industry --; 6. Political Consequences of Change: The Chemical Industry --; 7. Industrial Order and the Politics of Industrial Change: Mechanical Engineering --; 8. Crisis Management "Made in Germany": The Steel Industry --; 9. Competitiveness and the Impact of Change: Applications of "High Technologies" --; 10. Computer and Pinstripes: Financial Institutions --; PART IV: CONCLUSION --; 11. Stability and Change in the Emerging Third Republic --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501731471; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501731471
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Peter J. Katzenstein.

Dynamic technological developments in industrial production, the rise of new social movements in national politics, and great changes in the international political economy have left a deep imprint on the Federal Republic. A compelling explanation of West Germany's success in maintaining economic prosperity and political stability under such challenging conditions has continued to elude observers. Under the editorship of Peter J. Katzenstein, thirteen distinguished scholars from both sides of the Atlantic here provide an original interpretation of the political economy of the Bonn Republic during the forty years since its founding, and explore in particular its extraordinary capacity for accommodating change.Whereas studies in political economy have typically focused on one level of political action—either the shop floor, or national politics, or the international system—this innovative account analyzes the interaction of change at all three levels, bringing together case studies drawn from six manufacturing and service sectors.