| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 415 pages) |
| 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 |
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12 Looking BackBibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 08, 2016) |
| Subject |
Pensions -- Government policy -- Germany -- History
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Social security -- Germany -- History
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Labor -- Germany -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Insurance -- Risk Assessment & Management.
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Labor
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Pensions -- Government policy
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Politics and government
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Social security
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054613
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| Subject |
Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2015048213 |
| ISBN |
9781498521178 |
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1498521177 |
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