William Patch
Patch teaches courses on modern Europe, Germany history and international relations. His research focuses on the Weimar Republic, the German Federal Republic and Christian social movements.
Education
- Ph.D. Yale University, 1981
- B.A. with Great Distinction, University of California at Berkeley, 1975
Research
- The Weimar Republic
- German Federal Republic
- Christian social movements
Teaching
- Modern Europe
- German history
- International Relations
Selected Publications
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Christian Trade Unions in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933 (Yale University Press, 1985)
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Heinrich Brüning and the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
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Christian Democratic Workers and the Forging of German Democracy, 1920-1980 (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
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Substantial research articles on the Vatican’s relations with the Third Reich, organized labor’s response to the Nazi seizure of power, and the role of presidential power and presidential emergency decrees in the history of the Weimar Republic.
Current Research
The political influence of organized labor and big business and the expansion of the ‘welfare state’ in the Federal Republic of Germany.