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100 1 $aGrix, Jonathan.
245 14 $aThe role of the masses in the collapse of the GDR /$cJonathan Grix.
260 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire :$bMacmillan Press ;$aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2000.
300 $axiii, 213 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
440 0 $aNew perspectives in German studies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Introduction: the Collapse of the GDR; the Role of the Masses 1 Part I 1 Approaches to the GDR's Collapse -- Competing approaches 9 -- A complementary 'bottom-up' approach 18 -- The original Hirschman model 18 -- Use of the Hirschman paradigm by other researchers 21 -- The longevity of the regime and the concept of conditional -- loyalty 22 -- The niche society, Sozialvertrag and enforced Anpassung 23 2 Exit and Voice in Historical Context -- Introduction 27 -- Exit in its historical context 28 -- Voice in its historical context 33 -- The antagonism between exit and voice 39 Part II 3 Schwerin: A Case Study of the Collapse of the GDR -- Introduction 45 -- Schwerin 46 -- Voice in Schwerin up to autumn 1989 47 -- The deterioration of the economy 48 -- Public reactions to the ban of Sputnik and its long-term -- consequences for the GDR 57 -- Growing voice in the form of Eingaben, readers' letters and -- non-voting 62 -- The role of the Church as facilitator of voice in Schwerin 68 -- 4 Exit in Schwerin -- Introduction 72 -- Analysis of Schwerin city exit contingent, 1985-89 72 -- Exit turns to voice: the significance of the Rosa -- Luxemburg-Karl Liebknecht demonstration, 17 January 1988 78 -- The relevance of the Cathedral for exit 86 -- The SED anti-exit campaign and citizens' responses to it 88 5 The Wende in Schwerin -- Introduction 99 -- The impulse for New Forum in Schwerin 99 -- Embryonic mass voice on 2 October 100 -- Escalation of voice in Schwerin: 6 of October in -- the Paulskirche 104 -- Reactions to Schwerin's first mass voice and its -- consequences for the Bezirk leadership 115 -- The relationship between the Church, dissident grass- -- roots groups and the masses 121 Part III 6 Conclusions -- Introduction 127 -- Moving towards a conjunction of forces 128 -- The breakdown of conditional loyalty and the conjunction -- of exit and voice 131 -- Regional specificity in the collapse of the GDR 133 -- Discovering patterns 146 -- The interplay between external and internal factors behind -- the GDR's demise 153 -- Conclusion 155 Appendixes: Chronology of Schwerin's Wende in 1989 158 Map of Schwerin Bezirk 159.
651 0 $aGermany (East)$xPolitics and government$y1989-1990.
650 0 $aProtest movements$zGermany (East)
650 0 $aDemonstrations$zGermany (East)
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol057/00059177.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol051/00059177.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/00059177.html