{"product_id":"power-and-society-in-the-gdr-1961-1979-the-normalisation-of-rule-9781845454357","title":"Power and Society in the GDR, 1961-1979: The","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe communist German Democratic Republic, founded in 1949 in the Soviet-occupied zone of post-war Germany is, for many people, epitomized by the Berlin Wall; Soviet tanks and surveillance by the secret security police, the Stasi, appear to be central. But is this really all there is to the GDR¹s history? How did people come to terms with their situation and make new lives behind the Wall? When the social history of the GDR in the 1960s and 1970s is explored, new patterns become evident. A fragile stability emerged in a period characterized by 'consumer socialism', international recognition and détente. Growing participation in the micro-structures of power, and conformity to the unwritten rules of an increasingly predictable system, suggest increasing accommodation to dominant norms and conceptions of socialist 'normality'. By exploring the ways in which lower-level functionaries and people at the grass roots contributed to the formation and transformation of the GDR ­ from industry and agriculture, through popular sport and cultural life, to the passage of generations and varieties of social experience ­ the contributors collectively develop a more complex approach to the history of East Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Mary Fulbrook produces high-quality works, and \u003c\/em\u003ePower and Society in the GDR\u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e no exception. She has assembled a strong collection of essays that examine the concept of normalization in East Germany during the stable middle decades…Altogether, [this] is an excellent book, one that has two major strengths. The first strength is the writing; every piece is very well-written. The second strength is how well the authors utilized their sources. They conscientiously engaged existing secondary scholarship in the text of their contributions.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGerman Studies Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“The volume makes an interesting and valuable contribution to the historiography of East Germany in the English language...The research presented in the volume is new, original, well-documented, and methodologically sound. It enjoys coherence thanks to the authors' application of the ‘normalization’ concept.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Laurence McFalls\u003c\/b\u003e, Université de Montréal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e The Concept of ‘Normalisation’ and the GDR in Comparative Perspective\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMary Fulbrook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: NORMALISATION AS STABILISATION AND ROUTINISATION? SYSTEMIC PARAMETERS AND THE ROLES OF FUNCTIONARIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e ‘Aggression in Felt Slippers’: Normalisation and Western Covert Activities in the Context of Détente and Ostpolitik\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMerrilyn Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Economic Politics and Company Culture: The Problem of Routinisation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJeannette Madarász\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e The Professionalisation of Agriculture: Functionaries on the Land\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGeorge Last\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e The Societalisation of the State: Sport for the Masses and Popular Music\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDan Wilton \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Communication and Compromise: The Prerequisites for Cultural Participation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eEsther von Richthofen \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Local Functionaries and Renegotiations of Heimat\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJan Palmowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: NORMALISATION AS INTERNALISATION? CONFORMITY, ‘NORMALITY’ AND ‘PLAYING THE RULES’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Practices of Survival - Ways of Appropriating ‘the Rules’: Reconsidering Approaches to the History of the GDR\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAlf Lüdtke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e The GDR – A Perfectly Normal Country, in the Centre of Europe\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eIna Merkel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e How Do the 1929ers and the 1949ers Differ?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDorothee Wierling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Producing the ‘Socialist Personality’? Socialisation, Education and the Emergence of New Patterns of Behaviour\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAngela Brock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChatper 11.\u003c\/b\u003e 1977: The Most Normal Year of the GDR?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMark Allinson \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042975088983,"sku":"9781845454357","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845454357.jpg?v=1750956478","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/power-and-society-in-the-gdr-1961-1979-the-normalisation-of-rule-9781845454357","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}