The Role Of The Masses In The Collapse Of The Gdr
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The Role Of The Masses In The Collapse Of The Gdr
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Author : J. Grix
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2000-11-24
The Role Of The Masses In The Collapse Of The Gdr written by J. Grix and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11-24 with History categories.
This book examines the role of the masses in the collapse of the East German regime and state in 1989 in the northern district of Schwerin. It shows the extent to which citizens of the GDR dictatorship were instrumental in their state's demise. The 'bottom-up' approach employed, in contrast to the study of power wielding elites and 'opposition', explores the shift in mood and behaviour of citizens which brought about the internal collapse of the state.
Exit Voice Dynamics And The Collapse Of East Germany
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Author : Steven Pfaff
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2006-07-10
Exit Voice Dynamics And The Collapse Of East Germany written by Steven Pfaff and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-10 with History categories.
Winner of the Social Science History Association President’s Book Award East Germany was the first domino to fall when the Soviet bloc began to collapse in 1989. Its topple was so swift and unusual that it caught many area specialists and social scientists off guard; they failed to recognize the instability of the Communist regime, much less its fatal vulnerability to popular revolt. In this volume, Steven Pfaff identifies the central mechanisms that propelled the extraordinary and surprisingly bloodless revolution within the German Democratic Republic (GDR). By developing a theory of how exit-voice dynamics affect collective action, Pfaff illuminates the processes that spurred mass demonstrations in the GDR, led to a peaceful surrender of power by the hard-line Leninist elite, and hastened German reunification. While most social scientific explanations of collective action posit that the option for citizens to emigrate—or exit—suppresses the organized voice of collective public protest by providing a lower-cost alternative to resistance, Pfaff argues that a different dynamic unfolded in East Germany. The mass exit of many citizens provided a focal point for protesters, igniting the insurgent voice of the revolution. Pfaff mines state and party records, police reports, samizdat, Church documents, and dissident manifestoes for his in-depth analysis not only of the genesis of local protest but also of the broader patterns of exit and voice across the entire GDR. Throughout his inquiry, Pfaff compares the East German rebellion with events occurring during the same period in other communist states, particularly Czechoslovakia, China, Poland, and Hungary. He suggests that a trigger from outside the political system—such as exit—is necessary to initiate popular mobilization against regimes with tightly centralized power and coercive surveillance.
East Germany
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Author : Paul Cooke
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 2000
East Germany written by Paul Cooke and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
A collection of papers first presented at a colloquium for postgraduate students held at the Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham 1998.
Voices In A Revolution
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Author : Melvin J. Lasky
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-29
Voices In A Revolution written by Melvin J. Lasky and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-29 with History categories.
Afeatured article in Die Zeit, the leading German weekly, begins with "Melvin, du hast gewonnen"--Mel, you have won! In his extraordinary account of the final days of the German Democratic Republic (DDR) we see the reckoning of a regime, and also the vindication of a life-long devotee of European democracy. It is unlikely that any comparable memoir will be written, since Lasky's career spanned the entire history of wartime and postwar Germany, especially in divided and Wall-torn Berlin.Voices in a Revolution, now in paperback, offers an in-depth portrayal of the Communist police state before the breakdown, followed by a blow-by-blow account of the drama of breakdown and regime transformation. Characters in the everyday cultural world of Germany come alive as harbingers and heralds of the end of the old and the necessity of the new.Lasky understands the role of accident as well as of necessity. The West Germans had all but abandoned the slogan of One People, One Nation when they were faced with the immense task of supervising just such a reintegration. The work ends with the awakening conscience at the very point that the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. This is a memorable work--one likely to sear the conscience of lovers of freedom and analysts of tyranny alike.
Dissolution
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Author : Charles S. Maier
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1999-03-21
Dissolution written by Charles S. Maier and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-03-21 with History categories.
Against the backdrop of the sudden and unexpected fall of communism, Harvard history teacher Charles Maier traces the demise of East Germany". . . . an historian whose writing talks both to political scientists and to lay readers . . . combines probing historical examination with disciplined and informed political analysis".Richard H. Ullman, Princeton Universtiy.
Exit Voice Dynamics And The Collapse Of East Germany
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Author : Steven Pfaff
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2006-07-10
Exit Voice Dynamics And The Collapse Of East Germany written by Steven Pfaff and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-10 with History categories.
DIVA 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./div
Communism S Collapse Democracy S Demise
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Author : L. McFalls
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1994-11-21
Communism S Collapse Democracy S Demise written by L. McFalls and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-11-21 with History categories.
Based on original research, this book explores East German political culture and its role in the revolution of 1989 and in reunification. Specifically the book shows how a set of common values stabilised the communist regime until the 1980s, how the undermining of these values motivated revolutionary mobilization, and how the partial survival of this specific culture and its conflict with West German culture have contributed to the post-unification political crisis.
The Fall Of The Gdr
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Author : David Childs
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-30
The Fall Of The Gdr written by David Childs and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-30 with History categories.
The book charts the dramatic months leading to one of the most profound changes of the 20th century, the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the restoration of German unity in 1990. The author analyses the nature of Communist rule in the GDR over 40 years, its few strengths and its many weaknesses, and the myths which grew up around it. This book places the GDR in its international setting as the proud ally of the Soviet Union in the Warsaw Pact. It examines the reactions abroad to the unfolding revolution. The text is based on a wide variety of written sources and many interviews with leading Communist figures, such as Krenz and Modrow, and with their opponents and successors, and former Stasi officers and the dissidents they tried to crush. It greatly benefits from the author's decades of involvement with East Germany, including personal friendships there, before 1989 and his eye-witness accounts of many of the events during Die Wende. It should be of interest not only to students of German politics, contemporary history and the Cold War, but to all who are curious about the momentous times through which we have lived.
Sport Under Communism
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Author : M. Dennis
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-04-24
Sport Under Communism written by M. Dennis and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-24 with Social Science categories.
Based on original Stasi and Communist Party archival sources, this book uncovers why East Germany was for two decades running one of the most successful nations in the Summer and Winter Olympics, exploring how the central elite sports system was beset by internal tensions and disputes.
Resistance With The People
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Author : Gary Bruce
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2003
Resistance With The People written by Gary Bruce and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
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