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Exit-voice dynamics and the collapse of East Germany : the crisis of Leninism and the revolution of 1989 / Steven Pfaff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pfaff, Steven, 1970-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communism--Germany (East)--History.
- Communism.
- Opposition (Political science)--Germany (East)--History.
- Opposition (Political science).
- Germany (East)--Politics and government--1989-1990.
- Germany (East).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (351 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Exit-voice dynamics and collective action
- Blocked voice, demobilization, and the crisis of East German communism
- No exit : the niche society and the limits of coercive surveillance
- Dona nobis pacem : political subcultures, the church, and the birth of dissident voice
- Triggering insurgent voice : the exiting crisis and the rebellion against communism
- Fight or flight? : a statistical evaluation of exit-voice dynamics in the East German revolution
- Why was there no "Chinese solution" in the GDR?
- Activists of the first hour : new forum and the mobilization of reformist voice
- Reunification as the collective exit from socialism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-323) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822387923
- 0822387921
- OCLC:
- 220950952
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