edited by David Childs, Thomas A. Baylis, Marilyn Rueschemeyer.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1989.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xvi, 238 pages ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. The SED faces the challenges of Ostpolitik and glasnost / David Childs -- 2. The SED after two congresses: party policy iin the Gorbachev era / Henry Krisch -- 3. Leadership structures and leadership politics in Hungary and the GDR / Thomas A. Baylis -- 4. Social courts in the GDR and comrades' courts in the Soviet Union: a comparison / Nancy Travis Wolfe -- 5. Socialist transformation and gender inequality: women in the GDR and Hungary / Marilyn Rueschemeyer -- 6. Is the GDR the future of Hungary and the Baltics?: dissent and the Lutheran Church in Eastern Europe / Robert F. Goeckel -- 7. Comparisons of consumer market disequilibria in Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, and the GDR / Irwin L. Collier Jr. -- 8. Enterprise and association in Soviet planning: comparisons with the East German experience / Phillip J. Bryson -- 9. The foreign economic policies of the GDR and the USSR: the end of autarky? / Ronald A. Francisco -- 10. The politics of East-South relations: the GDR and Southern Africa / Brigitte H. Schulz.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book assesses the current position of the GDR in key political, economic and social areas. It looks at the political leadership, the military and at important social groupings such as the church.