The German Democratic Republic: The Search for Identity

ISBN-13: 9780367307981 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 224 str.

Henry Krisch

Opis

This book examines the aspects of East German life—political, economic, cultural, and societal—to answer the fundamental question of the nature of the German Democratic Republic. It discusses the issues such as the viability of communist politics in a technologically advanced society.

Spis treści

Westview Profiles • Nations of Contemporary Eastern Europe -- The GDR in Time and Place -- The Political System of the GDR -- The GDR in the World -- The GDR in Germany -- The GDR: A Socialist Industrial State -- Managing a Modern Society -- Social Policy in the GDR -- Facing the Future

O autorze

Dr. Henry Krisch is associate professor of political science at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of German Politics Under Soviet Occupation (1974) and is most recently a contributor of a chapter on the GDR armed forces in Soviet Allies, edited by Daniel Nelson (Westview, 1984).