Journal article

동-서독의 차이와 지배문화: 독일 통일 30년의 재평가를 위한 제언, 경제와사회 = Difference and Dominance Culture between East and West: A Plea for a complete Reappraisal of 30 Years of the German Unification


Authors listMiethe, Ingrid

Publication year2020

Pages162-188

JournalEconomy and Society = 경제와 사회 (Gyeongje wa sahoe)

Volume number125

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.18207/criso.2020..125.162

PublisherKorean Critical Sociological Association


Abstract

This paper examines how to explain the differences which persist between Eastern and Western Germany 30 years after the German unification. The thesis is that the persistence of those differences is caused by a West German dominance culture, resulting from a continuing difference in prosperity between East and West, different opportunities of advancement into the country’s elites, and of West German dominance of the public discourse. Its consequences include specific psychological mechanisms among East Germans, which in turn contribute to the further reinforcement of West German dominance. General implications for the dynamics of unification processes are drawn from the example of German unification.




Citation Styles

Harvard Citation styleMiethe, I. (2020) 동-서독의 차이와 지배문화: 독일 통일 30년의 재평가를 위한 제언, 경제와사회 = Difference and Dominance Culture between East and West: A Plea for a complete Reappraisal of 30 Years of the German Unification, Economy and Society = 경제와 사회 (Gyeongje wa sahoe), 125, pp. 162-188. https://doi.org/10.18207/criso.2020..125.162

APA Citation styleMiethe, I. (2020). 동-서독의 차이와 지배문화: 독일 통일 30년의 재평가를 위한 제언, 경제와사회 = Difference and Dominance Culture between East and West: A Plea for a complete Reappraisal of 30 Years of the German Unification. Economy and Society = 경제와 사회 (Gyeongje wa sahoe). 125, 162-188. https://doi.org/10.18207/criso.2020..125.162


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