State and Minorities in Communist East Germany

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ID23243729
AuthorsMike Dennis (0009-0001-5810-561X), Norman Laporte
Year2011
Pages236
Publication date2011-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueState and minorities in communist East Germany (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3167/9780857451958
OpenAlexW4399412828
ISBN9780857451958
Open LibraryOL25066677M
LanguageEN
Citations received12

Based on interviews and the voluminous materials in the archives of the SED, the Stasi and central and regional authorities, this volume focuses on several contrasting minorities (Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews, ‘guest’ workers from Vietnam and Mozambique, football fans, punks, and skinheads) and their interaction with state and party bodies during Erich Honecker’s rule over the communist system. It explores how they were able to resist persecution and surveillance by instruments of the state, thus illustrating the limits on the power of the East German dictatorship and shedding light on the notion of authority as social practice.

Communism · Economic history · Political science · Politics · State (computer science) · Computer Science · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European history and politics · German History and Society · History · Law · Authoritarianism · Authority · Erich Honecker · ethnic relations · Europe · Germany (East) · Government policy · Minorities · Political Culture · politics and government · Social aspects · Social conditions · Social policy

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