Recent social trends in West Germany, 1960-1990 / Wolfgang Glatzer [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glatzer, Wolfgang, Author.

Contributor:

International Research Group on the Comparative Charting of Social Change in Advanced Industrial Societies.

Glatzer, Wolfgang.

Series:

Comparative charting of social change.

Comparative charting of social change, 1183-1952

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany (West)--History.

Germany (West).

Germany (West)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (565 pages)

Place of Publication:

Montréal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The thirty-year period examined was characterized in West Germany by a number of inconsistent trends. While income and consumption levels increased as part of a "silent revolution," poverty also increased, especially during the 1980s. People's lifestyles changed, with less time spent on formal employment and more on household production and recreation. Individualization and pluralization began to dissolve the class structure, and social movements such as feminism and environmentalism gained some influence. Although hostility toward foreigners did not disappear, de facto immigrants were increasingly integrated into society. Satisfaction with life reached a generally high and stable level, although some people expressed an unanticipated degree of boredom. The legitimacy of the political system was not affected by conflicts about income distribution and changing values, and cooperation grew among government, business, and traditional and emerging intermediate groups. Special chapters have been authored by Johann Behrens, Mathias Bös, Bernhard Engel, Renate Hornung-Draus, Heiner Meulemann, Claudia Koch-Arzberger, Jürgen Kohl, Jakob Schissler, Jürgen Schumacher, and Karin Seibel.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""0. Context""; ""0.1 Demographic Trends""; ""0.2 Macro-economic Trends""; ""0.3 Macro-technological Trends""; ""1. Age Groups""; ""1.1 Youth""; ""1.2 Elders""; ""2. Microsocial""; ""2.1 Self-identification""; ""2.2 Kinship Networks""; ""2.3 Community and Neighbourhood Types""; ""2.4 Local Autonomy""; ""2.5 Voluntary Associations""; ""2.6 Sociability Networks""; ""3. Women""; ""3.1 Female Roles""; ""3.2 Childbearing""; ""3.3 Matrimonial Models""; ""3.4 Women's Employment""; ""3.5 Reproductive Technologies""

""4. Labour Market"" ""4.1 Unemployment""; ""4.2 Skills and Occupational Levels""; ""4.3 Types of Employment""; ""4.4 Sectors of the Labour Force""; ""4.5 Computerization of Work""; ""5. Labour and Management""; ""5.1 Work Organization""; ""5.2 Personnel Administration""; ""5.3 Sizes and Types of Enterprises""; ""6. Social Stratification""; ""6.1 Occupational Status""; ""6.2 Social Mobility""; ""6.3 Economic Inequality""; ""6.4 Social Inequality""; ""7. Social Relations""; ""7.1 Conflict""; ""7.2 Negotiation""; ""7.3 Norms of Conduct""; ""7.4 Authority""; ""7.5 Public Opinion""

""8. State and Service Institutions"" ""8.1 Educational System""; ""8.2 Health System""; ""8.3 Welfare System""; ""8.4 The State""; ""9. Mobilizing Institutions""; ""9.1 Labour Unions""; ""9.2 Religious Institutions""; ""9.3 Military Forces""; ""9.4 Political Parties""; ""9.5 Mass Media""; ""10. Institutionalization of Social Forces""; ""10.1 Dispute Settlement""; ""10.2 Institutionalization of Labour Unions""; ""10.3 Social Movements""; ""10.4 Interest Groups""; ""11. Ideologies""; ""11.1 Political Differentiation""; ""11.2 Confidence in Institutions""; ""11.3 Economic Orientations""

""11.4 Radicalism"" ""11.5 Religious Beliefs""; ""12. Household Resources""; ""12.1 Personal and Family Income""; ""12.2 Informal Economy""; ""12.3 Personal and Family Wealth""; ""13. Lifestyle""; ""13.1 Market Goods and Services""; ""13.2 Mass Information""; ""13.3 Personal-health and Beauty Practices""; ""13.4 Time Use""; ""13.5 Daily Mobility""; ""13.6 Household Production""; ""13.7 Forms of Erotic Expression""; ""13.8 Mood-altering Substances""; ""14. Leisure""; ""14.1 Amount and Use of Free Time""; ""14.2 Vacation Patterns""; ""14.3 Athletics and Sports""; ""14.4 Cultural Activities""

""15. Educational Attainment"" ""15.1 General Education""; ""15.2 Professional and Vocational Education""; ""15.3 Continuing Education""; ""16. Integration and Marginalization""; ""16.1 Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities""; ""16.2 Crime and Punishment""; ""16.3 Emotional Disorders and Self-destructive Behaviour""; ""16.4 Poverty""; ""17. Attitudes and Values""; ""17.1 Satisfaction""; ""17.2 Perception of Social Problems""; ""17.3 Orientations toward the Future""; ""17.4 Values""; ""17.5 National Identity""; ""Index""

Notes:

Prepared for the International Research Group on the Comparative Charting of Social Change in Industrial Societies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85595-6

9786612855955

0-7735-6341-5