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This book presents and uses a major, new database of the most
serious forms of internal resistance to the Nazi state to study
empirically the whole phenomenon of resistance to an authoritarian
regime. By studying serious political resistance from a
quantitative historical perspective, the book opens up a new avenue
of research for economic history. The database underpinning the
book was painstakingly compiled from official state records of
treason and/or high treason tried before the German People's Court
(Volksgerichtshof) between 1933 and 1945. It brings together
material on resistance groups stored in the archives of the Federal
Republic of Germany and Austria with previously inaccessible files
from the former German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia and
Soviet Union. Through searching these records, the authors have
been able to reconstruct in hitherto unattainable detail the
economic, social, political, ethnic and familial profiles,
backgroun ds, and influences of all 4,378 civilians of the Third
Reich active in Germany, Austria and the outside territories for
whom there are complete records. The findings of their research
afford fresh, new interdisciplinary insights and perspectives, not
only on the configuration, timing, impact and profile of resistance
to the Nazi state, but also on a range of real-world behaviours
common within authoritarian states, such as defection, reward and
punishment, and commitment to group identities. The book's
statistical analysis reveals precisely the who, how, where and when
of serious resistance. In so doing, it advances significantly our
understanding of the overall pattern and nature of serious
resistance within Nazi Germany.
This book presents and uses a major, new database of the most
serious forms of internal resistance to the Nazi state to study
empirically the whole phenomenon of resistance to an authoritarian
regime. By studying serious political resistance from a
quantitative historical perspective, the book opens up a new avenue
of research for economic history. The database underpinning the
book was painstakingly compiled from official state records of
treason and/or high treason tried before the German People's Court
(Volksgerichtshof) between 1933 and 1945. It brings together
material on resistance groups stored in the archives of the Federal
Republic of Germany and Austria with previously inaccessible files
from the former German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia and
Soviet Union. Through searching these records, the authors have
been able to reconstruct in hitherto unattainable detail the
economic, social, political, ethnic and familial profiles,
backgroun ds, and influences of all 4,378 civilians of the Third
Reich active in Germany, Austria and the outside territories for
whom there are complete records. The findings of their research
afford fresh, new interdisciplinary insights and perspectives, not
only on the configuration, timing, impact and profile of resistance
to the Nazi state, but also on a range of real-world behaviours
common within authoritarian states, such as defection, reward and
punishment, and commitment to group identities. The book's
statistical analysis reveals precisely the who, how, where and when
of serious resistance. In so doing, it advances significantly our
understanding of the overall pattern and nature of serious
resistance within Nazi Germany.
East Germany's economic history is typically told as a story of the
unravelling of an inherently flawed system. Yet, while the system's
inefficiency is undeniable, its economic history was much richer
than its comparatively poor economic performance suggests. For many
who lived there, it was a system that, over its forty years, was
capable of achievements and generally functioned at bearable
levels. This book combines the insights of behavioural economics
with archival research to peel away layers of rhetoric and
assumptions about the East German economy and explore aspects of
that underlying functionality. Through a series of cases studies
that examine the establishment of socialist workplaces, the
searches for productivity growth and efficiency, and the emergence
of financial crisis, the book considers the system from the
perspective of the humans who operated it and made the decisions
that made it work. Unencumbered by political preconceptions, it
offers a more realistic understanding of East German economic
history than that derived from stagnant debates about the clash of
systems. The new perspectives and approaches presented demonstrate
that, extracted from its Cold War context, East Germany's economic
history can be analysed for what it was, rather than for what it
symbolised.
East Germany’s economic history is typically told as a story of
the unravelling of an inherently flawed system. Yet, while the
system’s inefficiency is undeniable, its economic history was
much richer than its comparatively poor economic performance
suggests. For many who lived there, it was a system that, over its
forty years, was capable of achievements and generally functioned
at bearable levels. This book combines the insights of behavioural
economics with archival research to peel away layers of rhetoric
and assumptions about the East German economy and explore aspects
of that underlying functionality. Through a series of cases studies
that examine the establishment of socialist workplaces, the
searches for productivity growth and efficiency, and the emergence
of financial crisis, the book considers the system from the
perspective of the humans who operated it and made the decisions
that made it work. Unencumbered by political preconceptions, it
offers a more realistic understanding of East German economic
history than that derived from stagnant debates about the clash of
systems. The new perspectives and approaches presented demonstrate
that, extracted from its Cold War context, East Germany’s
economic history can be analysed for what it was, rather than for
what it symbolised. Â
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