Trotz aller Unterschiede zwischen den Verhältnissen auf der koreanischen Halbinsel und in Mitteleuropa ist allein die Tatsache der Erfahrung einer jahrzehntelangen staatlichen Teilung Grund genug für eine vergleichende Studie. Für deutsche Politikwissenschaftler, die mit dem deutschen Vereinigungsprozeß hinreichend vertraut sind, dürfte insbesondere die Perspektive der koreanischen Autoren von Interesse sein. Inhalt: I. Domestic Aspects: Seo Byung-Chul: Korea's Image of Germany and the Perception of German Unification (29-36); Lothar de Maizière: Some Critical Reflections on German Unity (37-54); Gert-Joachim Glaeßner: Regime Change and Democratic Consolidation in East Germany (55-70); August Pradetto: The Dynamics of German Unification (71-94); Yu Suk-Ryul: South-North Korean Relations: Prospects and Problems (95-109). II. Economic Aspects: Fred Klinger: The Price of Unity: Economic and Social Consequences of German Unification (111-138); Rolf Schnieders: The Reorganization of Former GDR's Agriculture within a National and European Context: From State to Private Farming (139-146); Irwin L. Collier, Jr.: The Twin Curse of the Bitch-Goddess Europe and the Economic Reconstruction of Eastern Germany (147-175); Kim Hyung-Kook: Economic Security Issues for Korea's Coming Unification (177-193). III. Psychological Aspects: Paek Sang-Chan: On the Significance of Psychoanalytic Approaches to the Reunification of Divided Korea (195-214); Winfried Schneider-Deters: Mental Reunification of Germany - Some Critical Observations (215-230). IV. Security Aspects: Werner von Scheven: Military and Economic Aspects of Integrating Two Armed Forces in Germany: Is There a Peace Dividend? (231-241); Baek Jong-Chun: Arms Control and Korean Unification (243-261). V. International Aspects: Rhee Kang-Suk: Diplomacy for Korea's Unification (263-276); August Pradetto: A United Germany in a Changed Europe in a Changed World (277-308). VI. Comparative Aspects: Hong Soon-Young: Inter-Korean Relationship and the Prospects of Reunification (309-315); Hans Maretzki: An East German Contemplation on Problems of Reunification in Korea (317-338); Rhee Tong-Chin: The United States, Global Realignment (?) and Korea (339-372).