LEADER 03680nam 2200625 450 001 9910493671903321 005 20170822114608.0 010 $a1-78238-479-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000153907 035 $a(EBL)1661957 035 $a(OCoLC)875820199 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001135498 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11667833 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001135498 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11096337 035 $a(PQKB)10911222 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1661957 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000153907 100 $a20140507h20091999 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDictatorship as experience $etowards a socio-cultural history of the GDR /$fedited by Konrad H. Jarausch ; translated by Eve Duffy 210 1$aNew York :$cBerghahn Books,$d2009. 210 4$dİ1999 215 $a1 online resource (400 p.) 300 $aFirst published in 1999 by Berghahn Books. 311 $a1-57181-182-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction; Part II: The Theoretical Problem of Dictatorship; Chapter 1: The GDR; Chapter 2: Modernization and Modernization Blockages in GDR Society; Chapter 3: Care and Coercion; Part III: Mechanisms of Political Repression; Chapter 4: From DIsmantling to Currency Reform; Chapter 5: Foreign Influences on the Dictatorial Development of the GDR, 1949-1955; Chapter 6: Repression and Tolerance as Methods of Rule in Communist Societies; Part IV: Means of Social Control; Chapter 7: Creating State Socialist Governance 327 $aChapter 8: Food Supply in a Planned EconomyChapter 9: The Myth of Female Emancipation; Chapter 10: The Socialist Glass Ceiling; Part V: Cultural Dimensions of Domination; Chapter 11: Dictatorship as Discourse; Chapter 12: The Fettered Media; Chapter 13: Criticism and Censorship; Chapter 14: THe Pivotal Cadres; Part VI: Temporal Transformations; Chapter 15: Stagnation or Change?; Chapter 16: The Hitler Youth Generation in the GDR; Chapter 17: Reforming Socialism?; Chapter 18: Mobility and Blockage During the 1970s; Postscript; Chapter 19: Rethinking the Second German Dictatorship 327 $aSelected BibliographyNotes on Contributors; Index 330 $a A decade after the collapse of communism, this volume presents a historical reflection on the perplexing nature of the East German dictatorship. In contrast to most political rhetoric, it seeks to establish a middle ground between totalitarianism theory, stressing the repressive features of the SED-regime, and apologetics of the socialist experiment, emphasizing the normality of daily lives. The book transcends the polarization of public debate by stressing the tensions and contradictions within the East German system that combined both aspects by using dictatorial means to achieve its emanci 606 $aDictatorship$zGermany (East)$vCongresses 606 $aCommunism$zGermany (East)$xHistory$vCongresses 606 $aPolitical culture$zGermany (East)$vCongresses 607 $aGermany (East)$xSocial conditions$vCongresses 607 $aGermany (East)$xSocial policy$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDictatorship 615 0$aCommunism$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical culture 676 $a943.1087 676 $a943/.1087 702 $aJarausch$b Konrad H. 702 $aDuffy$b Eve 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910493671903321 996 $aDictatorship as experience$92453748 997 $aUNINA