The "IBM Family": American Welfare Capitalism, Labor, and Gender in Postwar Germany

The German ‘Rosie the Riveter’: The Long-Term Effects of Postwar Reconstruction on Female Employment and Family Formation By Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel,

The German ‘Rosie the Riveter’: The Long-Term Effects of Postwar Reconstruction on Female Employment and Family Formation By Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Melanie Khamis and Mutlu Yuksel During World War II, more than one-half million tons of bombs were dropped in aerial raids on German cities, destroying about forty percent of the total housing stock nationwide. Germany also lost a substantial fract...

Family Matters: Neoliberal Narratives of Welfare Capitalism in Undercover Boss

This paper examines media representations of labor and working conditions under late capitalism. Specifically, it presents an interdiscursive analysis of the “reality” television series Undercover Boss, drawing attention to themes that reflect and react against the vicissitudes of the Great Recession and recent labor struggles within service and hospitality industries in the US. With corporate ...

Rubble Women: The Long-Term Effects of Postwar Reconstruction on Female Labor Market Outcomes

Rubble Women: The Long-Term Effects of Postwar Reconstruction on Female Labor Market Outcomes During World War II, more than one-half million tons of bombs were dropped in aerial raids on German cities, destroying about forty percent of the total housing stock nationwide. With a large fraction of the male population gone, the reconstruction process had mainly fallen on women in postwar Germany....

Recasting Welfare Capitalism: Economic Adjustment in Contemporary France and Germany

Wily welfare capitalist: Werner von Siemens and the pension plan

The German firm of Siemens and Halske introduced many enterprising features of what later came to be known as welfare capitalism in the mid-nineteenth century. Profit sharing, annual bonuses, a pension fund, a reduction in work hours, and an annual party were all means to ensure a productive, trouble-free workforce. We investigate the reasons why Siemens and Halske introduced this internal welf...