Thirty Years After the Berlin Wall

This book examines the increasing body of research dedicated to the lasting differences between the former separate states of the Federal German Republic (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it takes a broad view on German unification and transformation research.

Autorentext

Ayline Heller is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher and consultant at GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Mannheim, Germany.

Peter Schmidt is professor emeritus at the Department of Political Science at the University of Giessen, Germany. Currently, he is a research fellow at the University Medical Center in Mainz, Germany.

Inhalt

1. Introduction

Part 1: Indicators of mental health and distressDid the "peaceful revolution" create a "peace of mind?"

2. Mental health in East and West Germany from reunification to the present

3. Exploring the burden of past trauma in East Germany

4. Disentangling age, period, and cohort effects shaping suicidal ideation in East and West Germany: An analysis of representative survey data spanning 18 years

Part 2: Political attitudes**Does the wall persist in thoughts and worldviews?**

5. Influence of GDR identification before German reunification on political support 20 years later

6. Antisemitism in East and West Germany. Three decades after the wall: A comparative longitudinal study considering age-period-cohort effects

7. Religiosity, non-denominationalism, and their political consequences in East and West Germany after the upheaval of 1989

8. Putting authoritarianism in context: A multilevel analysis of regional effects on individual expressions of right-wing authoritarianism, conspiracy mentality, and superstition

Part 3:

9. The (fe-)male breadwinner? Beliefs about gender roles in East Germany: An age-period-cohort analysis

10. The development of wealth and its role in the "happiness gap" between East and West Germans: A comparison of affective and cognitive subjective well-being

11. Effects of job loss in romantic relationships: A fixed effects regression analysis