The Social Foundations of Industrial Power: A Comparison of France and Germany

by Jean-Jacques Silvestre, Marc Maurice, Arthur Goldhammer

The Social Foundations of Industrial Power challenges the theory of industrial convergence, which maintains that as societies become more modern, they develop increasingly similar industrial structures and industrial relations and "converge" to resemble a single model of the advanced industrial society.The book opens by analyzing the considerable differences between the pay scales for direct labor in French and German industry. It then takes up and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262132133
• ISBN13: 9780262132138
• Release Date: June 1986
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher