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Conflict and Compromise in East Germany, 1971–1989

A Precarious Stability

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  • © 2003

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  1. Jeannette Z. Madarász
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 1-26

  3. Central Policy

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 27-57

  4. State Institutions

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 58-92

  5. Diversity

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 93-117

  6. Tensions

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 118-141

  7. Communication within GDR Society

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 142-162

  8. Compromises and Participation

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 163-185

  9. Conclusion — Stability and the Image of Doom

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 186-195

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 196-276
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This extensively researched empirical analysis of the GDR in the years 1971-1989 challenges current historical interpretations of GDR history. It focuses on four social groups - youth, women, writers and Christians - to highlight the stability of this socialist society until 1987. The strength of the regime is shown to have been based on a continuously negotiated process of give-and-take involving major parts of the population.

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'A tremendous book - combines a highly original argument with extremely detailed research. Essential reading for all who are interested in the GDR as it really was.' - Mary Fulbrook, University College London, author of Anatomy of a Dictatorship: Inside the GDR, 1949-89

About the author

JEANNETTE Z. MADARÁSZ was born in the GDR and moved to Hamburg in September 1989. After reading History at St. Edmund's College, Cambridge, she completed her doctoral thesis at the German department of University College London. She currently works as a Research Fellow, maintains her own website on GDR research and is the Webmaster of the German History Society.

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