Watching the Watchers - Communist Elites, Secret Police Social Order in Cold War Europe

List of contents

Part I. Introduction and Theory: 1. Introduction; 2. Theory; Part II. Comparative Historical Analysis: 3. Introduction to part II; 4. The Polish People's Republic; 5. The German Democratic Republic; Part III. Cross-National Quantitative Analysis: 6. Introduction to part III; 7. Elite cohesion and coercive agent tenure; 8. Officers and secret informants; Part IV. Conclusion: 9. Conclusion; Appendix A: Secret police agencies and chiefs; Appendix B: Survival analysis; Appendix C: Agency size analysis.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Thomson, Henry (Arizona State University) Thomson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009413640
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0941364-0
• No. of pages: 353
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Eastern Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Regional Studies, Comparative Politics, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Regional / International studies, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), c 1945 to c 1990 (the Cold War period)