
Over Three Decades Since Reunification, Germany Is Still Fractured
October 3, 1990, saw the reunification of Germany. But more than 30 years later, inequalities are deeper than ever — and Easterners are angered at the promises that weren’t realized.
Steffen Mau is a professor of macrosociology at the Humboldt University in Berlin. His most recent book in English is The Metric Society: On the Quantification of the Social.
October 3, 1990, saw the reunification of Germany. But more than 30 years later, inequalities are deeper than ever — and Easterners are angered at the promises that weren’t realized.