Categorii: Neclasificat
Limba: Engleza
Data publicării: 2012
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan
Tip copertă: Paperback
Nr Pag: 176
ISBN: 9780230579378
Dimensiuni: l: 13.6cm | H: 21.6cm
Peter Grieder offers a thought-provoking introduction to the history of East Germany which engages critically with key debates and advances fresh interpretations. Arguing that the German Democratic Republic (GDR) was a totalitarian welfare state, Grieder:
• divides its life into six phases: conception, construction, consolidation, conservatism, crisis, and collapse
• analyses key concepts in the Introduction
• provides an overall assessment of the GDR at the end of the volume
• integrates experiences of individual GDR citizens in order to gain a deeper understanding of the East German polity.
Clear, concise and up-to-date, this is an essential new study for anyone with an interest in the origins, development and ultimate downfall of the self-proclaimed 'Workers' and Peasants' Power'.