UID:
kobvindex_ZMS12003692
Format:
29 Blatt
Series Statement:
SOWI-Arbeitspapier 98
Content:
More than five years after Germany reunited it has become obvious that unification as a mental transformation process has not yet come to an end. Different social norms, values and fundamental beliefs prevailing for half a century in the two systems together with the required capabilities and skills resulted in two divergent societies with their own distinctive patterns of thinking and behaviour. Unification had the strongest impact on the citizens of East Germany. Their political and social system had collapsed over night like a house of cards. The social context West in which the East Germans suddenly found themselves could not just be adapted. Beyond strategies of adjustment a secondary process of socio-political socialization proved necessary, i.e. a radical redefinition of the relationship between the individual and society. Drawing on political, economic and cultural data gained from empirical studies, the paper deals with the question of how far the new socialization process has actually advanced. The focus will be on comparing the change of attitudes to central political topics. It will be shown that there are areas of public life where the continued effect of a former GDR reality still creates conflicts, and that there are others, such as national security policy, where opinions and attitudes held in East and West Germany have converged to a great extent.
Note:
Beitr. teilw. dt., teilw. engl.
Language:
German
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:po79-opus4-3108
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:po79-opus4-3108
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:po79-opus4-3108
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