The role of business in the development of the welfare state and labor markets in Germany : containing social reforms /
Paster, Thomas,1975-
London : Routledge,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ntroduction -- Theory: economic interests and political constraints -- The origins of employers' associations: coordinating against organized labor -- Bismarck's social reforms: employers and social pacification -- World War I and its consequences: class collaboration in exceptional times -- Business and the origins of unemployment insurance: protecting work incentives -- Business after World War II: the 'social market economy' -- Post-war social policy reforms: containing welfare expansion -- Codetermination: employers against economic democracy -- Employers and the German model today -- Conclusions: how employers shaped the welfare state.
Industries
Industrial relations
Labor market
Welfare state