Beyond Coal and Steel – A Social History of Western Europe after the Boom

Lutz Raphael is Professor of Contemporary History at Trier University.

Acknowledgements Introduction SECTION I. A BIRD'S EYE VIEW Three National Labour Regimes in Transition 1. Industrial labour in Western Europe after the economic boom from the perspective of the political economy 2. Farewell to class struggle and fixed social structures 3. Political history from below: labour conflict and new social movements 4. Industrial citizens and wage earners: labour relations, social benefits and wages 5. Skilled work, production knowledge and educational capital: conflicts of interpretation and readjustments. SECTION II. CLOSE-UPS Fields of experience and horizons of expectation in times of upheaval 6. Life courses, work and unemployment in times of upheaval 7. Transformations in company regimes 8. Industrial districts, social spaces, 'problem neighbourhoods' and owner-occupier areas: social spaces and deindustrialization Conclusion: The history of deindustrialization as a history of contemporary problems. List of Illustrations Sources and literature Notes Index