The Politics of Economic Decline in East Germany, 1945-1989

by Jeffrey Kopstein

Book Overview

Jeffrey Kopstein offers the first comprehensive study of East German economic policy over the course of the state's forty-year history. Analyzing both the making of economic policy at the national level and the implementation of specific policies on the shop floor, he provides new and essential background to the revolution of 1989. In particular, he shows how decisions made at critical junctures in East Germany's history led to a pattern of economic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807857076
• ISBN13: 9780807857076
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"