Pfaff Exit-Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany

The Crisis of Leninism and the Revolution of 1989
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8792-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pfaff, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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