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Article: The Grand Experiment: Debating Shock Therapy. Transition Theory, and the East German Experience.
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- American Political Science Review
- Article date:
- June 1, 1998
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By Andreas Pickel and Helmut Wiesenthal. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1997. 262p. $53.00.
Anders Aslund, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The subtitle of this book describes its contents accurately. It deals with the postcommunist transition in former East Germany and related themes, such as shock therapy, democracy, interest representation, myths, and ideology. The political scientists Andreas Pickel and Helmut Wiesenthal have written five articles each; they collaborated on the introduction and the conclusion.
The East German experience is astounding. Between 1990 and 1995, the average monthly wage rose from one-third of the West German level to ...