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How to evaluate German unification?

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The title of this contribution is a question with a double meaning: On the one hand it refers to the method, on the other hand it refers to the results of German unification. After a preview of recent evaluations we discuss comparisons of the Federal Republic and the GDR from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s. Five asymmetries between the two German states are delineated: Size and population, economic strength, migration, travel and mass-communication, massexit and mass protest. Next we resume our theses of a stabilizing transformation, East German counter arguments and the most recent research results on living-conditions, political culture, convergences and divergences.

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  • Zapf, Wolfgang, 2000. "How to evaluate German unification?," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Social Structure and Social Reporting FS III 00-404, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:wzbssr:fsiii00404
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