Barbara Miller

Narratives of Guilt and Compliance in Unified Germany

Stasi Informers and their Impact on Society

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Analysing Stasi files and interviews with one time informers, the author examines the confrontation with this legacy in united Germany. She discusses the daily machinations of the state and the motivation and justification of being an informer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 162mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780415202619
• ISBN-10: 0415202612
• Artikelnr.: 21510082

Autorenporträt

Graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1991 with a degree in German and Psychology. She taught and researched in Germany and Austria before completing her doctoral thesis in Glasgow in 1997. She is now based in Sydney, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 'A Completely Normal Biography'? (A-3)
Chapter 2 The Recruitment Process
Chapter 3 On Motivation
Chapter 4 Between Theory and Practice
Chapter 5 'If Only I Had Known'
Chapter 6 Politicians as Informers
Chapter 7 Justice and the Law
Chapter 8 The Guilt Continuum
Chapter 9 Looking Back
Chapter 10 Re-Acquisition of Biography
Chapter 11 Impact and Implications of an Extraordinary Legacy