Power and society in the GDR, 1961-1979 : the 'normalisation of rule'? / edited by Mary Fulbrook.
| Other author | Fulbrook, Mary, 1951- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Berghahn Books, 2009. |
| Description | viii, 339 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Supplemental Content | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Supplemental Content | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Power and society in the German Democratic Republic, 1961-1979 |
| Contents | The concept of 'normalisation' and the GDR in comparative perspective / Mary Fulbrook -- 'Aggression in felt slippers' : normalisation and the ideological struggle in the context of détente and ostpolitik / Merrilyn Thomas -- Economic politics and company culture : the problem of routinisation / Jeannette Madarász -- Rural functionaries and the transmission of agricultural policy : the case of Bezirk Erfurt from the 1960s to the 1970s / George Last -- The 'societalisation' of the state : sport for the masses and popular music in the GDR / Dan Wilton -- Communication and compromise : the prerequisites for cultural participation / Esther von Richthofen -- Learning the rules : local activists and the Heimat / Jan Palmowski -- Practices of survival, ways of appropriating 'the rules' : reconsidering approaches to the history of the GDR / Alf Lüdtke -- The GDR, a normal country in the centre of Europe / Ina Merkel -- How do the 1929ers and the 1949ers differ? / Dorothee Wierling -- Producing the 'socialist personality'? Socialisation, education, and the emergence of new patterns of behaviour / Angela Brock -- 1977 : the GDR's most normal year? / Mark Allinson -- 'Normalisation' in the GDR in retrospect : East German perspectives on their own lives / Mary Fulbrook. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-333) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008053751 |
| ISBN | 9781845454357 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1845454359 (hbk. : alk. paper) |