Fighting for Partnership: Labor and Politics in Unified Germany
Title
Fighting for Partnership: Labor and Politics in Unified Germany
Description
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 layoff, 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 1990s. Indeed, in 1993 he was 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 easter 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 aboard.
Lowell Turner has extensively researched the German transformation in 1990s. Indeed, in 1993 he was 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 easter 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 aboard.
Creator
Lowell Turner
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Date
1998
Format
PDF
Language
English
Original Format
Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
Lowell Turner, “Fighting for Partnership: Labor and Politics in Unified Germany,” NCI Archive, accessed August 25, 2026, https://archive.ncirl.ie/items/show/1347.