Christian Democratic Workers and the Forging of German Democracy, 1920-1980

Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Democratization and the "German Model" of Labor Relations -- 1 Christian Trade Unionists and the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic -- 1.1 Efforts to Promote "Social Partnership" in the 1920s -- 1.2 The Debate between Catholic Corporatists and Socialists in the Great Depression -- 1.3 The Nazi Seizure of Power -- 1.4 From Accommodation to Dissent -- 2 Christian Laborites and the Founding of the Federal Republic -- 2.1 The Formation of Unified Labor Unions and the CDU -- 2.2 Jakob Kaiser and the Debate over Christian Socialism -- 2.3 The Founding of the Social Market Economy in 1948 -- 2.4 The Basic Law and First Bundestag Election -- 3 The Debate over Co-Determination (Mitbestimmung), 1949-1953 -- 3.1 Konrad Adenauer's "Option for the West"--3.2 Christianity and the Search for Consensus over Co-Determination -- 3.3 Adenauer, the DGB, and the Co-Determination Laws of 1951 and 1952 -- 3.4 "To Elect a Better Bundestag!": The DGB and the Election Campaign of 1953 -- 4 The Influence of Christian Democratic Workers on Welfare Legislation, 1953-1957 -- 4.1 Rearmament and the Growing Divisions among Christian Democratic Workers -- 4.2 Social Policy Debates in the Bundestag -- 4.2.1 The Government Personnel Representation Law of June 1955 -- 4.2.2 The Supplemental Co-Determination Law of August 1956 -- 4.2.3 The "Dynamic" Pension Reform of January 1957 -- 4.3 The Crisis of the Social Committees in 1957 -- 5 Seeking a New Path in the Twilight of the Adenauer Era -- 5.1 Hans Katzer and the Unification of Christian Democratic Workers -- 5.2 The Stagnation of Social Policy -- 5.2.1 The Coal Crisis -- 5.2.2 The Campaign for Health Insurance Reform -- 5.2.3 "Property for Everyone!