Steven Pfaff

Exit-Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany

The Crisis of Leninism and the Revolution of 1989

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Produktbeschreibung

A critical and comparative reexamination of the East German revolution of 1989 and its aftermath, suggesting which causal mechanisms account for the collapse of the East German state and German reunification.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780822337522
• ISBN-10: 0822337525
• Artikelnr.: 21056825

Autorenporträt

Steven Pfaff is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations ix
Preface and Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
1. Exit-Voice Dynamics and Collective Action 14
2. Blocked Voice, Demobilization, and the Crisis of East German Communism
31
3. No Exit: The Niche Society and the Limits of Coercive Surveillance 61
4. Dona Nobis Pacem: Political Subcultures, the Church, and the Birth of
Dissident Voice 81
5. Triggering Insurgent Voice: The Exiting Crisis and the Rebellion against
Communism 107
6. Fight or Flight? A Statistical Evaluation of Exit-Voice Dynamics in the
East German Revolution 142
7. Why Was There No “Chinese Solution” in the GDR? 165
8. Activists of the First Hour: New Forum and the Mobilization of Reformist
Voice 190
9. Reunification as the Collective Exit from Socialism 224
Conclusion 254
Appendix: Quantitative Data and the Statistical Analysis of County-Level
Exit and Voice Relationships 267
Notes 275
Bibliography 299
Index 325