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People of the Dream: Multiracial Congregations in the United States (review)

become common knowledge, but networks weaken so that voice decreases. This hypothesis is tested and confirmed with new data the author collected. Chapter 7 provides a detailed explanation of why the protests were not crushed. Chapter 8 explains why the civic movement did not gain the support of the citizens: its aim was an improved socialism which was contrary to the view of most citizens. Chapter 9 focuses on the final phase of the revolution: unification. The Conclusion takes up the propositions of Chapter 1 and summarizes the evidence. This is an excellent study in several respects: it provides a very rich and vivid account of the German revolution. It sometimes reads like a suspenseful thriller. The mixture of statistical analysis and narrative evidence from a great variety of sources (archives of the civic movement and the Stasi (state security), biographies and statements of former functionaries) is rarely found in the literature. The theoretical innovation is the detailed specification of the conditions for different exit-voice dynamics, based on the theory of collective action. The implicit methodology is that of a micro-macro approach. Although the author never says that, he in fact applies a wide version of the theory of rational action – the underlying theory of the theory of collective action. He shows how changes on the macro level impact incentives for various kinds of actors – citizens, members of government and the security forces. Here is my only critique: it is sometimes not clear what exactly the incentives are and what changes on the macro-level had what effects on which incentives. It is surprising how little explicit reference is made to existing approaches in the sociology of social movements. There is no application of the conceptual apparatus of the framing approach, and the word “identity” is only mentioned in passing once or twice in the book. The political opportunity structure approach does not work (see 6, 94, 144). Resource mobilization was irrelevant in the first phase of the revolution. It seems that what is sound in these approaches is captured by the theory applied in the book. My recommendation is: if you want to read a fascinating narrative of a unique revolution with a sound empirical and theoretical underpinning, then Steven Pfaff’s book is a “must.”