Marcel Boldorf – författare

Nazi Germany and Japan occupied huge areas at least for some period during World War II, and those territories became integral parts of their war economies. The book focuses on the policies of World War II aggressors in occupied countries. The unbalanced economic and financial relations were defined by administrative control, the implementation of institutions and a variety of military exploitation strategies. Plundering, looting and requisitions were frequent aggressive acts, but beyond these interventions by force, specific institutions were created to gain control over the occupied economies as a whole. An appropriate institutional setting was also crucial to give incentives to the companies in the occupied countries to produce munitions for the aggressors. The book explains the main fields of war exploitation (organisation and control, war financing and workforce recruitment). It substantiates these aspects in case studies of occupied countries and gives examples of the business policy of multinational companies under war conditions. The book also provides an account of differences and similarities of the two occupation systems.Economies under Occupation will interest researchers specialising in the history of economic thought as well as in economic theory and philosophy. It will also engage readers concerned with regional European and Japanese studies and imperial histories.

Nazi Germany and Japan occupied huge areas at least for some period during World War II, and those territories became integral parts of their war economies. The book focuses on the policies of World War II aggressors in occupied countries. The unbalanced economic and financial relations were defined by administrative control, the implementation of institutions and a variety of military exploitation strategies. Plundering, looting and requisitions were frequent aggressive acts, but beyond these interventions by force, specific institutions were created to gain control over the occupied economies as a whole. An appropriate institutional setting was also crucial to give incentives to the companies in the occupied countries to produce munitions for the aggressors. The book explains the main fields of war exploitation (organisation and control, war financing and workforce recruitment). It substantiates these aspects in case studies of occupied countries and gives examples of the business policy of multinational companies under war conditions. The book also provides an account of differences and similarities of the two occupation systems.Economies under Occupation will interest researchers specialising in the history of economic thought as well as in economic theory and philosophy. It will also engage readers concerned with regional European and Japanese studies and imperial histories.

This book explores the changing nature of social movements and economic elites in post-Second World War Europe.

Dieses Buch untersucht den Wandel der sozialen Bewegungen und der Wirtschaftseliten in Europa nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. In den Jahren nach 1945 stand Europa vor vielfältigen Herausforderungen, die durch die übergeordnete Frage verbunden waren, wie der Wiederaufbau des Kontinents vonstatten gehen sollte. Für die Mittelmächte lag die Umsetzung in den Händen der alliierten Besatzungsmächte, die den Prozess der Entnazifizierung und den Aufbau einer neuen Wirtschaftsordnung organisierten. In den Ländern, die nicht militärisch besetzt waren, bestand eine tiefe Kluft zwischen den neuen Regierungskräften und den ehemaligen Kollaborateuren. In beiden Fällen übernahmen soziale Bewegungen, die von Antifaschisten auf der linken Seite des politischen Spektrums gebildet wurden, die Aufgabe der gesellschaftlichen Neuordnung. Die Kapitel in diesem Buch untersuchen die Diskurse über die Wirtschaftssysteme und ihre Eliten, die in einer Reihe von europäischen Ländern in den Vordergrund rückten, und decken auf, wer daran beteiligt war, auf welche Widerstände diese sozialen Bewegungen stießen und wie es ihnen im Westen letztlich nicht gelang, einen Wandel herbeizuführen, während der Stalinismus in Osteuropa den Wandel gewaltsam erzwang.