Corruption in one’s own country: official responses to the abuse of office in Poland and East Germany, 1980-1990
Journal: Common Library Network (Der Gemeinsame Bibliotheksverbund)
Year: 2022

This dissertation examines how East-Central European elites and institutions dealt with cases of office abuse for personal gain. Focusing on extraordinary periods in Poland (from ‘Solidarity’ to Martial Law in 1980/1981) and in East Germany (from the collapse of the Berlin Wall to the collapse of the state in 1989/1990) it analyses the multilayered responses to cases of embezzlement of state resources for personal gain and the abuse of official material privileges involving the political class.