West German publishing house

The West German publishing house was a West German publishing house. It was founded in 1947 by Friedrich Middelhauve in Opladen and after the change of ownership in 2004 it became part of VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften .

The publisher was a leader in German-language monographs and edited volumes in political science and social science. The most important magazines of the publisher were:

• Journal for business research
• Cologne Journal of Sociology and Social Psychology
• Political quarterly