Political Epistemics - The Secret Police, Opposition, End of East German Socialism

Informationen zum Autor Andreas Glaeser is associate professor of sociology at the University of Chicago and the author of Divided in Unity: Identity! Germany! and the Berlin Police! also published by the University of Chicago Press. Klappentext What does the durability of political institutions have to do with how actors form knowledge about them? The author investigates this question in the context of a historical case: socialist East Germany's unexpected self-dissolution in 1989. He also explores why the Stasi never developed a realistic understanding of the phenomenon of dissidence. Zusammenfassung What does the durability of political institutions have to do with how actors form knowledge about them? The author investigates this question in the context of a historical case: socialist East Germany's unexpected self-dissolution in 1989. He also explores why the Stasi never developed a realistic understanding of the phenomenon of dissidence.

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• Authors: Andreas Glaeser, Glaeser Andreas, Andreas Gläser
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2011
• EAN: 9780226297941
• ISBN: 978-0-226-29794-1
• No. of pages: 640
• Series: Chicago Studies in Practices o; Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning; Chicago Studies in Practices o
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies