Alfred C. Mierzejewski

History of the German Public Pension System

Continuity amid Change

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books / Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 798g
• ISBN-13: 9781498521161
• ISBN-10: 1498521169
• Artikelnr.: 44213908

Autorenporträt

Alfred C. Mierzejewski is professor of modern German history at the University of North Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Origins of the German Public Pension System
Chapter 2: The Initial Period of Expansion, 1891-1918
Chapter 3: World War and Inflation, 1914-1923
Chapter 4: Temporary Stabilization and Renewed Crisis, 1924-1933
Chapter 5: Pensions under the Swastika, 1933-1945
Chapter 6: Interregnum, 1945-1949
Chapter 7: The Golden Era of Benefit Expansion in the West, 1949-1972
Chapter 8: The Long Crisis: Economic Stagnation and Demographic Decline,
1973-1990
Chapter 9: The Government Retirement Pension System of the German
Democratic Republic, 1949-1989
Chapter 10: Political and Social Reunification, 1990-1994
Chapter 11: The Reform Era of 1994-2007
Chapter 12: Looking Back