Social structures and individual lives: effects of participation on the institutions of family, education and work

Reports on German research on the effects of German re-unification, set against the broader context of economic and social change in England and Germany. Argues that, although Germany and Britain share economic and political systems, cultural ties between East and West Germany transcend these distinctions. Looks at systems and social life, social change and individual development, and social change and social exclusion. Brynner teaches social science at London University. Silbereisen teaches human development and family studies at Pennsylvania State University.