The Past in the Present: The Emergence and Implications of a "Montagsdemo Culture" in Leipzig, Germany

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dc.contributorLiu, Hollyen_US
dc.contributorTucker, Kennethen_US
dc.contributorChristiansen, Jensen_US
dc.contributor.advisorLass, Andrewen_US
dc.contributor.authorCrawford, Meredithen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-16T13:46:46Z
dc.date.available2011-02-16T13:46:46Z
dc.date.gradyear2006en_US
dc.date.issued2011-02-16
dc.date.submitted2006-06-09 11:56:20en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 2004, an economic recession and high unemployment, coupled with a welfare reform, Hartz IV, altering the money an unemployed individual received, sparked protests in several German cities, most notably in Leipzig, Germany, located in former East Germany. Although the 2004 Leipziger Montagsdemonstrationen (Leipzig Monday demonstrations) directly protested Hartz IV, they were the product of a Leipzig protest culture that claimed ancestry to the 1989 Leipziger Montagsdemonstrationen, which were a contributing factor to the fall of the Berlin wall. Subtly, these 2004 demonstrations revealed the problems of German reunification and Western influence in the former East Germany, because they highlight economic, political, and cultural differences that persist along the Cold War boundaries.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Studiesen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/632
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rights.restrictedpublic
dc.subjectLeipzigen_US
dc.subject1989en_US
dc.subject2004en_US
dc.subjectHartz IVen_US
dc.subjectMauer im Kopfen_US
dc.subjectMontagsdemonstrationenen_US
dc.titleThe Past in the Present: The Emergence and Implications of a "Montagsdemo Culture" in Leipzig, Germanyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke Collegeen_US

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