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

by Andrei S. Markovits

This book assesses the politics of the West German trade unions in the context of their larger role as major actors in the polity of a democratic Federal Republic of Germany. By focusing on the historical realities of the labour movement, the study concentrates on explaining to what extent organised labour helped solidify, yet at the same time challenged the dominant structures of politics and authority in German history's most extensive and longest-lasting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521305136
• ISBN13: 9780521305136
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 599 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"