Social Partnership at Work: Workplace Relations in Post-Unification Germany

by Carola M. Frege

Overview

This book, originally published in 1999, provided the first comparative, in-depth analysis of workplace relations in east and west Germany. The collapse of communism and the ensuing process of reform means that East Germany provides a particularly interesting case, having experienced rapid and radical political and economic transformation, and representing an historically outstanding experiment of the shifting of an entire social system onto a different society. This book examines the success of the institutional transfer of west German labour organisations into east Germany workplaces and addresses central questions such as : Can capitalist labour institutions be imposed on a former communist workforce? What conditions determine the success or failure of these institutions? Can 'social partnership/ between capital and labour be learned?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415785860
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/25/2018
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: The German Economy
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Workplace Relations in the Former Socialist GDR Part 1: The Institutional Setting: Transformation of Workplace Relations in East Germany  3. Transforming Socialist Workplace Relations: Co-operation or Subservience? 4. Social Partnership in the East German Clothing Industry 5. Transformation at Enterprise Level: The Case of Bodywear Part 2: the Cultural Embeddedness of New Labour Institutions in the East 6. Workers' Attitudes in Post-Socialist East Germany 7. methodology fo the Union Membership Surveys in the East and West German Clothing Industry 8. Collective Commitment in the East and West Part 3: Explaining Post-Socialist Participation in Collective Activities 9. Theories of Participation in Collective Activities 10. Determinants of Union Membership Participation in the East and West. Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Provides a comparative, in-depth analysis of workplace relations in east and west Germany. Examines the success of the institutional transfer of west German labor organizations into east German workplaces in an effort to address questions central to the discussion of workplace relations in transitional economies, including questions surrounding social partnership between capital and labor, and conditions determining the success or failure of capitalist labor institutions. For students and academics in industrial relations, industrial sociology, and political science. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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