Conflict and Compromise in East Germany, 1971–1989

JEANNETTE Z. MADARÁSZ was born in the GDR and moved to Hamburg in September 1989. After reading History at St. Edmund's College, Cambridge, she completed her doctoral thesis at the German department of University College London. She currently works as a Research Fellow, maintains her own website on GDR research and is the Webmaster of the German History Society.

• Preface Glossary Introduction Central Policy State Institutions Diversity Tensions Communication Within GDR Society Compromises and Participation Conclusion - Stability and the Image of Doom Notes Appendix Bibliography

'A tremendous book - combines a highly original argument with extremely detailed research. Essential reading for all who are interested in the GDR as it really was.' - Mary Fulbrook, University College London, author of Anatomy of a Dictatorship: Inside the GDR, 1949-89