Popular Protest in the East German Revolution: Judgements on the Street (Routledge Advances in European Politics)
Gareth Dale, "Popular Protest in the East German Revolution: Judgements on the Street (Routledge Advances in European Politics)"
Publisher: Frank Cass | ISBN 10: 0714654086 | 2005 | PDF | 246 pages | 1.3 MB
Publisher: Frank Cass | ISBN 10: 0714654086 | 2005 | PDF | 246 pages | 1.3 MB
Popular Protest in East Germany is an incisive new study of dissent and protest in the German Democratic Republic, focusing on the upheaval of 1989-1990.
Gareth Dale, an active participant both in the 'Citizens Movement' and in the street protests of that year, explores the causes and processes of the East German revolution by:
Drawing upon interviews with participants and functionaries, as well as previously untapped archive material.
Includes detailed studies of the popular uprising of June 1953; industrial relations; youth subcultures; church-linked 'grassroots groups' of the 1980s.
Proposes new interpretations of the 1953 uprising, the 'socio-ethical' movements of the 1980s, and of the divergence between 'citizens movements' and the mass protests in the autumn of 1989.
Includes a rebuttal of the dominant interpretations of 1989 as the consummation of the 'aborted revolution' of 1953.
This lucid and vibrant narrative history acts as a pioneering contribution to research in this field. It will be of particular interest to students of German Politics/History, European Politics and International Studies.