After the fall of the wall : life courses in the transformation of East Germany
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After the fall of the wall : life courses in the transformation of East Germany
（Studies in social inequality）
Stanford University Press, 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-372) and index
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Description
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 change affect individual lives. How much turbulence was created by the transition and how much stability was preserved? How did the qualifications and resources acquired before 1989 influence the fortunes in the restructured economy? How did the privatization and reorganization of firms impact individuals? Did the transformation experiences differ by age/cohort and gender? How stable were social networks at work and in the family? Were personality characteristics important mediators of post-1989 success or failure or were they rather changed by them? How specific were the East German life trajectories in comparison with Poland and West-Germany?
Table of Contents
Contents @toc4:Contributors xxx List of Figures and Tables xxx Preface xxx @toc2:chapter one After the Fall of the Wall. Living Through the Post-Socialist Transformation in East Germany xxx @tocca:Karl Ulrich Mayer @toc2:chapter two Society of Departure: The German Democratic Republic xxx @tocca:Karl Ulrich Mayer @toc2:chapter three A "Ready-Made State": The Mode of Institutional Transition in East Germany After 1989 xxx @tocca:Anne Goedicke @toc2:chapter four Old Assets--New Liabilities? How Did Individual Characteristics Contribute to Labor Market Success or Failure After 1989 xxx @tocca:Martin Diewald, Heike Solga, Anne Goedicke @toc2:chapter five Firms and Fortune. The Consequences of Privatization and Reorganization xxx @tocca:Anne Goedicke @toc2:chapter six Lost in Transformation? Disparities of Gender and Age xxx @tocca:Heike Trappe @toc2:chapter seven The Rise of Meritocracy? Class Mobility in East Germany Before and After 1989 xxx @tocca:Heike Solga @toc2:chapter eight Family Formation in Times of Abrupt Social and Economic Change xxx @tocca:Johannes Huinink, Michaela Kreyenfeld @toc2:chapter nine Community Lost or Freedom Gained? Changes of Social Networks After 1989 xxx @tocca:Martin Diewald, Jorg Ludicke @toc2:chapter ten Spirals of Success and Failure? The Interplay of Control Beliefs and Working Lives in the Transition from Planned to Market Economy xxx @tocca:Martin Diewald @toc2:chapter eleven Comparing Paths of Transition. Employment Opportunities and Earnings in East Germany and Poland During the First Ten Years of the Transformation Process xxx @tocca:Martin Diewald, Bogdan Mach @toc2:chapter twelve The Quest for a Double Transformation. Trends of Flexibilization in the Labor Markets of East and West Germany xxx @tocca:Martin Diewald @toc2:chapter thirteen Unusual Turbulences--Unexpected Continuities. Transformation Life Courses in Retrospective xxx @tocca:Karl Ulrich Mayer, Martin Diewald, Anne Goedicke @toc4:Appendix: The East German Life History Study xxx Notes xxx References xxx Index xxx
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