Selling the Economic Miracle
Economic Reconstruction and Politics in West Germany, 1949-1957
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Author(s)
Spicka, Mark E.
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Language
EnglishAbstract
Through an examination of election campaign propaganda and various public relations campaigns, reflecting new electioneering techniques borrowed from the United States, this work explores how conservative political and economic groups sought to construct and sell a political meaning of the Social Market Economy and the Economic Miracle in West Germany during the 1950s.The political meaning of economics contributed to conservative electoral success, constructed a new belief in the free market economy within West German society, and provided legitimacy and political stability for the new Federal Republic of Germany.
Keywords
History; History; Economics; 20th century; twentieth; Postwar; Germany; Business; Federal; RepublicISBN
9781789206401Publisher
Berghahn BooksPublisher website
berghahnbooks.comPublication date and place
2007-01-01Grantor
Series
Monographs in German History,Classification
Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000