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Resistance and Rebellion : Lessons from Eastern Europe

Elster, Jon, 1940- [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender] ; Hernes, Gudmund [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender]

Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2001

1 online resource (339 pages)

Englisch

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Mechanisms and Process; 3. Lithuania, 1940-1941; 4. Rebellion in an Urban Community: The Role of Leadership and Centralization; 5. The German Occupation of Lithuania; 6. Postwar Lithuania; 7. More Cases, More Comparisons; 8. Resistance in the Perestroika Period; 9. Fanatics and First Actors; 10. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Literaturverz. S. 305 - 315, Index. - Description based upon print version of record

: Resistance and rebellion / Petersen, Roger Dale

Print version: Resistance and rebellion

978-0-511-15338-9 ; 0-521-77000-9

978-0-521-77000-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

2009

Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

LB 51269  | NQ 8273  | MG 80086      Ähnliche Literatur

DK505.77

*Litauen ; Widerstand ; Geschichte 1940-1950     Zum Register

*Litauen ; Sowjetunion ; Widerstand ; Geschichte 1987-1991     Zum Register

*Osteuropa ; Widerstand ; Geschichte 1940-1991     Zum Register

*Litauen ; Widerstand ; Sowjetunion ; Geschichte 1940-1991     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Europe, Eastern -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements ; Lithuania -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements ; Government, Resistance to -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century ; Government, Resistance to -- Lithuania -- History -- 20th century ; Government, Resistance to -- History -- 20th century -- Europe, Eastern

Lithuania ; History ; Autonomy and independence movements ; Electronic books

Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- What Is to Be Explained? -- Mechanisms -- Restating the Central Question -- Community -- Basic Definition and General Features of Community -- Mechanisms of Strong Community -- Community Structure -- The Community as the Key Level of Analysis -- Assessing the Theory: The Comparative Method -- Outline -- Comparative Analyses -- 2. Mechanisms and Process -- From Neutrality to Widespread, Unarmed, and Unorganized Resistance -- Resentment Formation -- Transforming Resentment into Action: The Relevance of Symbols and the Focal-Point Mechanism -- Status Rewards -- The Strategic Context of Movement from 0 to +1 -- Concluding Comments -- The Development of Community-Based Organization -- Knowing the Distribution of Thresholds -- Factors Affecting Threshold Levels -- The General Effects of Strong Community -- Specific Effects of Community Structure: The Role of Norms -- The Structural Characteristics of Community and Their Effect on Rebellion -- Solidarity I: Density -- The Position of "First Actors" and Political Entrepreneurs -- Centralization -- Size Factors -- Solidarity II: Homogeneity/Heterogeneity -- Summing Up -- Sustaining Mechanisms: Remaining at the +2 Position -- Threats -- Irrational Mechanisms -- Other Mechanisms -- Concluding Remark -- 3. Lithuania, 1940-1941 -- From 0 to +1 in Lithuania under the First Soviet Occupation -- Historical Background -- Lithuania in the Late 1930s -- The First Soviet Occupation, 1940-1941 -- Explaining the Rapid Movement to Passive Resistance -- Changes in Status Hierarchy and the Formation of Resistance -- The First Forms of Resistance -- Focal Points and Status -- Threshold Behavior and the Interaction of Mechanisms -- From +1 to +2 during the First Soviet Occupation.

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How do ordinary people become involved in resistance and rebellion against powerful regimes? This book provides a detailed theoretical treatment of the process that pushes and pulls individuals into risk-laden roles. The work compares several East European nations to show the breadth and depth of the approach