This book explores the role of coercion in the relationship between thecitizens and regimes of communist Eastern Europe. Looking in detail at Sovietcollectivisa... » 

This book explores the role of coercion in the relationship between thecitizens and regimes of communist Eastern Europe. Looking in detail at Sovietcollectivisation in 192834 the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 and the PolishSolidarity Movement of 198084 it shows how the system excluded channels toenable popular grievances to be translated into collective opposition how thislessened the amount of popular protest affected the nature of such protest asdid occur and entrenched the dominance of state over society. «