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The following chapter introduces on a broader scale two of the core concepts used in this study by tracing their historical importance for the East German regime. To this end the history of both exit and voice is traced up until the point they became destructive and no longer recuperative for the East German dictatorship. They represent the two channels through which the dissatisfaction of the majority expressed itself once the state of conditional loyalty began to break down.
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Grix, J. (2000). Exit and Voice in Historical Context. In: The Role of the Masses in the Collapse of the GDR. New Perspectives in German Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333977651_3
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