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Social Transformation and the Family in Post-Communist Germany

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Eva Kolinsky

    1. Keele University, Lords, UK

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Part of the book series: Anglo-German Foundation (AGF)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Social Transformation and the Family: Issues and Developments

    1. Introduction: Social Transformation and the Family: Issues and Developments

      • Eva Kolinsky
      Pages 1-20

  4. Social Transformation And Family Challenge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Economic Transformation and Income Change

      • Christopher Flockton
      Pages 99-117

    3. Recasting Biographies: Women and the Family

      • Eva Kolinsky
      Pages 118-140

    4. Women’s Career Choices after the Collapse of the East German Employment Society

      • Ingrid Hölzler
      Pages 141-163

    5. Young People and the Family

      • Hans Oswald
      Pages 164-183

    6. Family Support of Older People in Post-Communist Germany

      • Thomas Scharf
      Pages 184-206

    7. Conclusion

      • Eva Kolinsky
      Pages 207-217

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 218-237
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About this book

The unification of Germany set in motion one of the most interesting and uncharted developments of our era: the transformation of a whole society. This book examines key areas of transformation with special reference to the place and future of the family.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Keele University, Lords, UK

    Eva Kolinsky

About the editor

EVA KOLINSKY is Professor of Modern German Studies at Keele University and Director of Keele's Centre for the Study of German Culture and Society. Since the unification of Germany, she extended her established research interest in the emergence of social citizenship and equal opportunities to include the processes of post-communist transformation with special reference to women, the family and minority cultures. Recent publications include: Women in Contemporary Germany; Women in 20th Century Germany; Between Hope and Fear: Everyday Life in Post-Unification East Germany (editor), and Turkish Culture in German Society Today (editor with D.Horrocks). She is co-editor of German Politics (Frank Cass) and of a series on Culture and Society in Germany.

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