Steven Pfaff

Exit-Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany

The Crisis of Leninism and the Revolution of 1989

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Develops a theory of how exit-voice dynamics affect collective action in order to identify the processes that spurred the extraordinarily swift and surprisingly bloodless 1989 revolution within the German Democratic Republic

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780822337652
• ISBN-10: 0822337657
• Artikelnr.: 22384225

Autorenporträt

Steven Pfaff

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