1st Edition

Social Partnership at Work Workplace Relations in Post-Unification Germany

By Carola M. Frege Copyright 1999
270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

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

Biography

Carola M. Frege