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The Resource Germany's hidden crisis : social decline in the heart of Europe, Oliver Nachtwey ; translated by David Fernbach and Loren Balhorn

Germany's hidden crisis : social decline in the heart of Europe, Oliver Nachtwey ; translated by David Fernbach and Loren Balhorn

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"An excellent study of how neoliberalism is causing a crisis in Germany. One of the German-speaking world's leading young sociologists lays out modern Germany's social and political crisis and its implications for the future of the European hegemon. Upward social mobility represented a core promise of life under the "old" West German welfare state, in which millions of skilled workers upgraded their VWs to Audis, bought their first homes, and sent their children to university. Not so in today's Federal Republic, however, where the gears of the so-called "elevator society" have long since ground to a halt. In the absence of the social mobility of yesterday, widespread social exhaustion and anxiety have emerged across mainstream society. Oliver Nachtwey analyses the reasons for this social rupture in post-war German society and investigates the conflict potential emerging as a result, concluding that although the country has managed to muddle through the Eurocrisis largely unscathed thus far, simmering tensions beneath the surface nevertheless threaten to undermine the German system's stability in the years to come"--
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  • eng
  • ger
  • eng
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247 pages
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Translated from the German
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Social Modernity
  • Capitalism (Almost) without Growth
  • Regressive Modernization
  • Downward Mobility
  • Revolt
  • Afterword : The Crumbling Pillars of Political Stability
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9781786636348
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Germany's hidden crisis : social decline in the heart of Europe
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Germany's hidden crisis
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social decline in the heart of Europe
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Oliver Nachtwey ; translated by David Fernbach and Loren Balhorn
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  • eng
  • ger
  • eng
Summary
"An excellent study of how neoliberalism is causing a crisis in Germany. One of the German-speaking world's leading young sociologists lays out modern Germany's social and political crisis and its implications for the future of the European hegemon. Upward social mobility represented a core promise of life under the "old" West German welfare state, in which millions of skilled workers upgraded their VWs to Audis, bought their first homes, and sent their children to university. Not so in today's Federal Republic, however, where the gears of the so-called "elevator society" have long since ground to a halt. In the absence of the social mobility of yesterday, widespread social exhaustion and anxiety have emerged across mainstream society. Oliver Nachtwey analyses the reasons for this social rupture in post-war German society and investigates the conflict potential emerging as a result, concluding that although the country has managed to muddle through the Eurocrisis largely unscathed thus far, simmering tensions beneath the surface nevertheless threaten to undermine the German system's stability in the years to come"--
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Nachtwey, Oliver
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non fiction
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  • Fernbach, David
  • Balhorn, Loren
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  • Social change
  • Social mobility
  • Social conflict
  • Capitalism
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Germany's hidden crisis : social decline in the heart of Europe, Oliver Nachtwey ; translated by David Fernbach and Loren Balhorn
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Translated from the German
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents
Introduction -- Social Modernity -- Capitalism (Almost) without Growth -- Regressive Modernization -- Downward Mobility -- Revolt -- Afterword : The Crumbling Pillars of Political Stability
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on1020311005
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21 cm
Extent
247 pages
Isbn
9781786636348
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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illustrations
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(OCoLC)1020311005
Label
Germany's hidden crisis : social decline in the heart of Europe, Oliver Nachtwey ; translated by David Fernbach and Loren Balhorn
Publication
Copyright
Note
Translated from the German
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- Social Modernity -- Capitalism (Almost) without Growth -- Regressive Modernization -- Downward Mobility -- Revolt -- Afterword : The Crumbling Pillars of Political Stability
Control code
on1020311005
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
247 pages
Isbn
9781786636348
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1020311005

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