Dissident Groups, Personal Networks, and Spontaneous Cooperation: The East German Revolution of 1989
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Karl-Dieter Opp, Christiane Gern, Dissident Groups, Personal Networks, and Spontaneous Cooperation: The East German Revolution of 1989, American Sociological Review, Vol. 58, No. 5 (Oct., 1993), pp. 659-680
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Dissidents may coordinate secretly or informally by tapping into informal groups or interpersonal networks to organize in contexts where the state tries to infiltrate or repress formal civil society.
“In contexts where the state tries to infiltrate or repress formal civil society, dissidents may tap into informal groups or interpersonal networks to organize (Opp and Gern 1993).”
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- Authors
- Opp, K.-D., & Gern, C.
- ORCID
- Opp, Karl-Dieter
- Venue
- American Sociological Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1993-10
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 659
- ISSN
- 0003-1224 (ISSN-L)
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- W2316053288
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- FWCI
- 131.88
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- journal article
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- en
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- Locations
- American Sociological Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › German History and Society
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Eastern European Communism and Reforms
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
- Keywords
- dissident groups, personal networks, spontaneous cooperation, social networks, political dissent, East Germany, German reunification
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