UID:
edocfu_9959234419902883
Format:
1 online resource (177 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-63220-7
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1-134-63221-5
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1-280-33478-9
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0-203-00460-4
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Memory and Narrative ; v.No.3
Content:
Analysing Stasi files and interviews with one time informers, the author examines the confrontation with this legacy in united Germany. She discusses the daily machinations of the state and the motivation and justification of being an informer.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: beginnings of a societal debate; 'A completely normal biography'?; The recruitment process: a work of art; On motivation; Between theory and practice: a day in the life of a Stasi informer; 'If only I had known': breaking the bond; Politicians as informers; Justice and the law; The guilt continuum: defining degrees of conformity and resistance; Looking back; Re-acquisition of biography; Impact and implications of an extraordinary legacy; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-75769-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-20261-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203004609
