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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825136303321

Autore

Mierzejewski Alfred C.

Titolo

A history of the German public pension system : continuity amid change / / Alfred C. Mierzejewski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-2117-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (445 p.)

Disciplina

368.4/300943

Soggetti

Pensions - Government policy - Germany - History

Social security - Germany - History

Labor - Germany - History

Germany Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abbreviations; 1 The Origins of the German Public Pension System; 2 The Initial Period of Expansion, 1891-1913; 3 World War and Inflation, 1914-1923; 4 Temporary Stabilization and Renewed Crisis, 1924-1933; 5 Pensions under the Swastika, 1933-1945; 6 Interregnum, 1945-1949; 7 The Golden Era of Benefit Expansion in the West, 1949-1973; 8 The Long Crisis; 9 The Government Retirement Pension System of the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1989; 10 Political and Social Reunification, 1990-1994; 11 The Reform Era of 1994-2007

12 Looking BackBibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first comprehensive institutional history of the German public pension system. It combines analyses of political, economic, financial, and demographic factors to explain how the system evolved in the face of challenges posed by wars, inflation, regime changes, and the evolution of cultural norms.