Escape from the GDR, 1961-1989
Hybrid Exit Repertoires in a Disintegrating Leninist Regime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2192744 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Mueller (Arizona State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 697-735 |
| Publication date | 1999-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/210358 |
| OpenAlex | W2063335243 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 56 |
Leading theorists contend that "exit" and its many manifestations do not fit the "contentious collective action" model. This article argues, however, that exit is frequently the only collective action available to average people in authoritarian regimes. In such regimes, collective exit may take a variety of forms, hybridized here from the elements of traditional and modern repertoires under varying conditions of opportunity and framing. Descriptions of hybrid exit episodes from the German Democratic Republic, 1961–89, are based on annual reports by Amnesty International, on secondary sources before 1989, and, primarily, on accounts from six international presses for 1989
Amnesty · Authoritarianism · Collective action · Democracy · Framing (construction) · Geography · Human rights · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · German History and Society · Law
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| Citations per year | 0.96 |
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| Citation span | 2000 - 2026 (27) |
| Highly cited | No |