Opting for oil : the political economy of technological change in the West German chemical industry, 1945-1961

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Opting for oil : the political economy of technological change in the West German chemical industry, 1945-1961

Raymond G. Stokes

Cambridge University Press, 1994

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book investigates the causes, course and consequences of the shift in West German chemical technology from a coal to a petroleum basis between 1945 and 1961. It examines the historical underpinnings of the technological culture of the German chemical industry; changing political and economic constraints on technological decision-making in the post-war period; and the actual decision-making process within five individual firms. By addressing a wide variety of broader issues - including the origins and impact of the division of Germany; the effects of the Wirtschaftswunder, or economic miracle; European integration; and the changing role of the West German Federal Republic in the international political order - this book explains how West German industry regained and then retained a competitive position in world markets.

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  • Introduction
  • Part I. Background: 1. Politics and technological excellence: organic chemicals, 1860-1945: 2. Western German chemicals in flux, 1945-55
  • Part II. Bargaining from Strength: The Political Economy Of Technological Change, 1945-55: 3. A new agenda, 1949-55: Cold War, changing energy patterns and the development of West German chemical technology
  • 4. Rejoining the international community: international cooperation and technology transfer, 1951-5
  • Part III. Alternative Paths to Plenty: Case Studies from the mid-1950s: 5. Fifty-fifty with the petroleum multinationals: BASF, Shell, and Rheinische Olefinwerke
  • 6. Fifty-fifty with the petroleum multinationals: Bayer, British Petroleum, and Erdoelchemie
  • 7. Going it alone: Hoechst
  • 8. State's interest and technological change: Huls and cold-rubber technology
  • 9. End game strategies: the German coal industry and the Fischer-Tropsch process
  • Part IV. Consolidating the New Regime, 1957-61: 10. Petrochemicals triumphant, 1957-61
  • 11. Conclusion
  • Index.

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