Dictatorship as experience : towards a socio-cultural history of the GDR / / edited by Konrad H. Jarausch ; translated by Eve Duffy

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2009; ©1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Disciplina: 943.1087; 943/.1087
• Soggetto topico: Dictatorship - Germany (East); Communism - Germany (East) - History; Political culture - Germany (East)
• Soggetto geografico: Germany (East) Social conditions Congresses; Germany (East) Social policy Congresses
• Persona (resp. second.): JarauschKonrad H.; DuffyEve
• Note generali: First published in 1999 by Berghahn Books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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 ; Chapter 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 ; Selected BibliographyNotes on Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Dictatorship as experience
• ISBN: 1-78238-479-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808290603321
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