West German Experience with Industrial Democracy
@article{Frstenberg1977WestGE, title={West German Experience with Industrial Democracy}, author={Friedrich F{\"u}rstenberg}, journal={The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science}, year={1977}, volume={431}, pages={44 - 53} }
The prevailing forms of industrial democracy in West Germany and the proposals for its further develop ment cannot be encompassed in a single integrated system. There are few basic issues of industrial democracy which do not contain a complex interlocking of regulative norms, contractual relationships, and cooperative activities. A genuine German development is codetermination or Mit bestimmung. In order to evaluate its proper significance it is necessary to differentiate between shop floor and…
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