Overview
- Original studies of social policy in the German Democratic Republic and of the pivotal role of social policy in the process of German unification in 1990
- Includes an award winning study of German unification and its repercussions (1989-1994)
- Broadly based on archival sources and interviews with key actors
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: German Social Policy (GSP, volume 4)
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Manfred G. Schmidt is Professor for Political Science at the University of Heidelberg. He has widely published on European and international politics. He was awarded the Stein Rokkan Prize for International Comparative Research and the Leibniz Prize.
Gerhard A. Ritter is Professor emeritus for Social History at the University of Munich. He studied history and political science in Berlin and Oxford. He has been awarded honorary doctorates and prizes for his studies in German and comparative history.
Lutz Leisering, the Editor, is Professor for Social Policy and Director at the Institute for World Society studies, University of Bielefeld. He took his Ph.D. at the London School of Economics. He has published widely on European and global social policy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Rise and Fall of a Socialist Welfare State
Book Subtitle: The German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) and German Unification (1989-1994)
Authors: Manfred G. Schmidt, Gerhard A. Ritter
Series Title: German Social Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22528-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-22527-7Published: 15 November 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44703-7Published: 14 December 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-22528-4Published: 15 November 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 308
Additional Information: Translated from the German. Originally published as: "Geschichte der Sozialpolitik in Deutschland seit 1945" by Nomos Publishers, 2001.
Topics: Social Policy, Political Science, History, general