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Berghahn Books United and Divided Germany since 1990 2004 Edition by Mike Dennis, Eva Kolinsky
The system transformation after German unification in 1990 constituted an experiment on an unprecedented scale. At no point in history had one state attempted to redesign another without conquest, bloodshed or coercion but by treaties, public policy and bureaucratic processes. Unification was achieved by erasing the eastern political and economic model. However, in the meantime it has become clear that the same cannot be said about social transformation. On the contrary, social and cultural attitudes and differentiation have continued and resulted in deep divisions between West and East Germany. After unification, the injustices of politics seemed to have been replaced, in the eyes of most former GDR citizens, by unexpected injustices in the personal spheres of ordinary people who lost their jobs and faced unknown realities of deprivation and social exclusion.These are the main concerns of the contributors to this volume. Incorporating new research findings and published data, they focus on key aspects of economic, political, and social transformation in eastern Germany and compare, through case studies, each area with developments in the west. Table of contents :- List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsUnited and Divided: Germany since 1990: An IntroductionMike Dennis and Eva KolinskyChapter 1. Constructing East Germany: Interpretations of GDR History since UnificationMike DennisChapter 2. Financing German Unity: Challenges, Methods and Longer-term ConsequencesChristopher FlocktonChapter 3. The Party of Democratic Socialism as Political Voice of East GermanyPeter BarkerChapter 4. Challenges to Rechtsstaatlichkeit in the Berlin Republic: The Kohl Affair and the Stasi LegacyAnthony GleesChapter 5. Economic Restructuring from Below? The Role of Small and Medium-sized Business in East Germany since 1990Christopher FlocktonChapter 6. Challenges of Participation in German Higher Education - an East-West ComparisonRosalind M.O. PritchardChapter 7. Transformation and Injustice: Women in East German UniversitiesMarianne KriszioChapter 8. Meanings of Migration in East Germany and the West German ModelEva KolinskyChapter 9. Between Integration and Exclusion: Jewish Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in GermanyKarin WeissSelect BibliographyGlossaryIndex