The Dynamics of Informational Cascades: The Monday Demonstrations in Leipzig, East Germany, 1989–91

作者：Susanne Lohmann · 发表于：World Politics · 年份：1994 · DOI：10.2307/2950679 · 被引用次数：1057 · 研究领域：Eastern European Communism and Reforms、European history and politics、German History and Society

This article analyzes the dynamics of turnout and the political impact of five cycles of protest, consisting of forty-two mass demonstrations that occurred on Mondays in Leipzig over the period 1989–91. These demonstrations are interpreted as an informational cascade that publicly revealed some of the previously hidden information about the malign nature of the East German communist regime. Once this information became publicly available, the viability of the regime was undermined. The Monday demonstrations subsequently died a slow death as their informational role declined.