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After the Fall of the Wall: Life Courses in the Transformation of East Germany
Diewald
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Description for After the Fall of the Wall: Life Courses in the Transformation of East Germany
Hardback. Through careful examination of the lives of East Germans in the decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this book details how a very sudden and very radical system change alters the interweaving of individual agency with institutions and social structures in shaping life-course trajectories. Editor(s): Diewald, Martin; Goedicke, Anne; Mayer, Karl Ulrich. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 699.
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was the beginning of one of the most interesting natural experiments in recent history. The East German transition from a Communist state to part of the Federal Republic of Germany abruptly created a new social order as old institutions were abolished and new counterparts imported. This unique situation provides an exceptional opportunity to examine the central tenets of life course sociology. The empirical chapters of this book draw a comprehensive picture of life course transformation, demonstrating how the combination of life course dynamics coupled with an extraordinary pace of system ... Read more
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was the beginning of one of the most interesting natural experiments in recent history. The East German transition from a Communist state to part of the Federal Republic of Germany abruptly created a new social order as old institutions were abolished and new counterparts imported. This unique situation provides an exceptional opportunity to examine the central tenets of life course sociology. The empirical chapters of this book draw a comprehensive picture of life course transformation, demonstrating how the combination of life course dynamics coupled with an extraordinary pace of system ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Series
Studies in Social Inequality
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804752084
SKU
V9780804752084
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About Diewald
Martin Diewald is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld,Germany. Anne Goedicke is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Universityof Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Karl Ulrich Mayer is Chair of the Department ofSociology and Director of the Center for Research on Inequalities and theLife Course (CIQLE) at Yale University.
Reviews for After the Fall of the Wall: Life Courses in the Transformation of East Germany
One of the first, most comprehensive assessments in the English language of how two different systems and institutions have shaped the lives of East Germans and how East Germans have dealt with the transition to the new Federal Republic of Germany... Their findings should finally lay to rest the notion of the unmotivated East German and suggest rather the dominant ... Read more