The Price of German Unity - Reunification and the Crisis of the Welfare State (Hardcover)

The unification of Germany as a prelude to the end of the division of Europe and the termination of the Cold War came as a surprise to the whole world. It was the beginning of a new era in German and European history.
The Price of German Unity is the first full-scale analysis of this process, both domestically and in its wider international context, with a particular focus on the social-policy consequences. Gerhard A. Ritter uses a wide range of hitherto inaccessible sources to describe and analyse the dynamics of reunification, including archives from the Chancellor's Office, and the relevant ministries and major parties of both the Federal Republic and the GDR, as well as the private papers of the leading actors on both sides and a wealth of interview material.
As the book convincingly demonstrates, the wholesale transfer of the social system of the Federal Republic of Germany to the territory of the former GDR and the huge drain of economic resources from West to East that this involved, profoundly affected the economic and political framework of the new Germany and greatly intensified the latent crisis of the German welfare state.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	July 2011
Authors:	Gerhard A. Ritter
Translators:	Richard Deveson
Dimensions:	241 x 168 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	500
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-955682-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Promotions
LSN:	0-19-955682-2
Barcode:	9780199556823

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