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Zusatztext "this book illuminates successfully the flawed unification process by stringing together a variety of different aspects of society! making the divided nature of Germany today unambiguously clear." H-Net Reviews Informationen zum Autor Eva Kolinsky is Professor Emerita of German Studies at Keele University and Professorial Research Fellow in German History at the University of Wolverhampton. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Historians Dennis and Kolinsky (both affiliated with the U. of Wolverhampton, UK) see the reunification of Germany as a one- directional process in which the social and political model of western Germany was imposed on the eastern half of the country, creating imbalances, failing to replicate the wes Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors United and Divided: Germany since 1990: An Introduction Mike Dennis and Eva Kolinsky Chapter 1. Constructing East Germany: Interpretations of GDR History since Unification Mike Dennis Chapter 2. Financing German Unity: Challenges, Methods and Longer-term Consequences Christopher Flockton Chapter 3. The Party of Democratic Socialism as Political Voice of East Germany Peter Barker Chapter 4. Challenges to Rechtsstaatlichkeit in the Berlin Republic: The Kohl Affair and the Stasi Legacy Anthony Glees Chapter 5. Economic Restructuring from Below? The Role of Small and Medium-sized Business in East Germany since 1990 Christopher Flockton Chapter 6. Challenges of Participation in German Higher Education – an East-West Comparison Rosalind M.O. Pritchard Chapter 7. Transformation and Injustice: Women in East German Universities Marianne Kriszio Chapter 8. Meanings of Migration in East Germany and the West German Model Eva Kolinsky Chapter 9. Between Integration and Exclusion: Jewish Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Germany Karin Weiss Select Bibliography Glossary Index ...
