German Unification Process And Outcomes

Introduction Part One: Background and Impetus 1. The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the GDR: Evolution, Revolution, and Diffusion 2. West German Policy Toward East Germany: A Motor of Unification? Part Two: Process and Outcomes 3. Delegitimation of the Old Regime: Reforming and Transforming Ideas in the Last Years of the GDR 4. Steps Toward Union: The Collapse of the GDR and the Unification of Germany 5. Exiting the GDR: Political Movements and Parties Between Democratization and Westernization 6. Parties and Problems of Governance During Unification 7. An Unwelcome Enlargement? The European Community and German Unification Part Three: Consequences and Problematics 8. An Impossible Dream? Privatizing Collective Property in Eastern Germany 9. Social Policy at a Crossroads 10. Economic and Political Performance: Patterns and Prospects 11. German Security Policy in Post-Yalta Europe 12. Germany in Transition: The Challenge of Coping with Unification 13. Conclusion: Beyond Unification