National Identity in Eastern Germany: Inner Unification or Continued Separation? - Couverture rigide

Staab, Andreas

 
9780275961770: National Identity in Eastern Germany: Inner Unification or Continued Separation?
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 027596177X ISBN 13 : 9780275961770
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1998

Synopsis

On October 30, 1990, Germany was formally reunified through an extension of the legal, political, and economic structures of West Germany into the former German Democratic Republic. For East Germans this transformation has been a challenging process. Former values, orientations, and standards have been subject to severe scrutiny as reunification has affected virtually every area of life.

Staab analyzes the development from the divided to the unified Germany and asks to what extent East Germans have adopted a national identity in line with that of the West Germans. He examines such identity markers as attitudes toward territory, economics, ethnicity, mass culture, and civic-political activity. Identifying a significant range of commonalities, he also finds striking features of mutually exclusive areas working to prevent a shared national identity. Scholars and other researchers dealing with German politics and contemporary history, political sociology, and nationalism will be interested in this book.

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À propos de l'auteur

ANDREAS STAAB is Academic Development Officer, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. He lectures on European and German politics and has published articles on German identity and German public administration.

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
027596177X
ISBN 13 
9780275961770
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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