Gerhard Ritter Knihy

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The first full-scale analysis of the history of German reunification, with a particular emphasis on social policy, showing how the transfer of the West German social policy framework to the East intensified the crisis of the German welfare state.

Gerhard A. Ritter zeigt, an welche unterschiedlichen Traditionslinien die beiden deutschen Staaten nach Kriegsende anknüpften und wie verschieden die grundlegenden Wandlungsprozesse in Staat, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft ausfielen. Er lotet das Ausmaß der Amerikanisierung der Bundesrepublik und der Sowjetisierung der DDR aus und zeigt, wie die unterschiedlichen Orientierungsmuster die Schaffung einer inneren Einheit nach 1989 erschwerten.