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Examines the way communist East Germany worked from the point of view of its experts in law, economics, philosophy, and cybernetics. The state-socialist countries aimed for a post-capitalist modernization hoping to achieve by way of dictatorship. This failed combination of dictatorship and social transformation contains lessons that remain relevant today.Caldwell, Peter C. is the author of 'Dictatorship, State Planning, and Social Theory in the German Democratic Republic' with ISBN 9780521820905 and ISBN 0521820901.
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