Narratives of Guilt and Compliance in Unified Germany

Stasi Informers and their Impact on Society
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-415-20261-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Memory and Narrative

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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, Barbara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Nachrichtendienste, Geheimdienste

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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;

Über Autor(innen)

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.