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Some Results of the Economic Transformation in East Germany and their Possible Relevance for Korea

Einige Ergebnisse der ökonomischen Transformation in Ostdeutschland und ihre mögliche Relevanz für Entwicklungen in Korea
[journal article]

Martens, Bernd

Abstract

The outcomes of the transformation of the GDR economy is described in regard to four topics: reproduction of managerial elites, due to functional necessities; short windows of opportunity of reaching a leading position at the top level of companies in the new economic order; fast role taking of the ... view more

The outcomes of the transformation of the GDR economy is described in regard to four topics: reproduction of managerial elites, due to functional necessities; short windows of opportunity of reaching a leading position at the top level of companies in the new economic order; fast role taking of the new managerial elites who often had a professional background as cadres in the socialist economy; and an accelerated change of social structure. The results refer to different surveys among entrepreneurs and executive of industrial firms in East and West Germany. The data were collected by the research project A2 “Economic elites in enlarged Europe” of the Collaborative Research Centre 580 at the universities of Halle and Jena, and they can additionally be compared with similar surveys among Polish and Hungarian respondents. The results are assessed in reference to three transformation paths which distinguished countries that have undergone after the collapse of the global socialist economic system. Eventually the relevance of the outcomes is considered for the North Korean case.... view less

Keywords
economic elite; post-socialist country; manager; political change; Federal Republic of Germany; reunification; social inequality; New Federal States; executive position; transformation; economic development (on national level); social stratum; industrial enterprise; market economy; economic change

Classification
Macrosociology, Analysis of Whole Societies
National Economy
Social History, Historical Social Research

Free Keywords
circulation of elites

Document language
English

Publication Year
2016

Page/Pages
p. 211-228

Journal
Historical Social Research, 41 (2016) 3

Issue topic
Knowledge Transfer as Intercultural Translation: the German Reunification as a 'Lesson' for Korea?

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.41.2016.3.211-228

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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