Social Change and Individual Development in East Germany: A Methodological Critique

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Introduction: Social Change and Individual BebaviorThe unification of the two Gennanys and the subsequent dramatic changes have not only changed the social, political and economic institutions in East Germany but also deeply affected the lives of the East German population.One can assume that the way these changes are experienced and accepted, and the way challenges and risks are coped with will, in turn, affect East German people's individual development and related social change in the future.The unification of East and West Germany started in 1989 by formal transformation of East German institutions incorporating the West German system.However, the transformation process cannot be regarded as a socio-political process of only institutional change.Institutions need persons acting in these institutions, and implementing their aims.Therefore, institutional changes imply changes in individual behavior.The dramatic institutional changes in political, economic and social areas in East Gen

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