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.

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.