Strategic Learning

East Germany as a `Model Case' for Transformation Theory

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2356464
AutoresFeiwel Kupferberg (Aalborg University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1996
Volumen11
Número4
Páginas457-479
Fecha de publicación1996-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0268-5809 • E-ISSN: 1461-7242
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/026858096011004005
OpenAlexW2008015530
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas36

East Germany is an interesting area of study for transformation theory and sociological theory generally because of the predominant role of 'national integration' in this particular process of transformation and the element of 'strategic learning' among the major players guiding large-scale transformation processes. The major mistake made in the German case has been the assumption that nationalism and national identity are the integrating forces in both Eastern and Western European societies. The 'model' case of East Germany seems to suggest, however, that national integration under conditions of modernity can have quite different sources. In particular, I argue that one should put a greater focus upon the structural distribution of life chances through the mechanism of nationally structured career patterns and individual, biographically acquired, access to nationally shaped career opportunities

Aesthetics · Economic geography · Economics · Epistemology · Geography · German · Mistake · Modernity · National identity · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law