Codetermination and Industrial Adjustment in February 1987: A Few Comments on Ms. Thelen's "A Comparative Interpretation"

The article presents a response to the article "Codetermination and Industrial Adjustment in the German Steel Industry: A Comparative Interpretation," by Kathleen Thelen. The author argues that Thelen's interpretation of the German steel industry is mostly in line with his own except for the fact that her theories do not take market fluctuations into account. This is a problem for the author as he explains that changes in the German and global markets have heavily impacted the German steel industry in the time following the publication of Thelen's article.