PSCI 110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Serbian Language, Perestroika, Glasnost
23 Mar 2016
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This relationship is unequal and exploits the masses (workers: superstructure- represents all human institutions politics and the state, national identity and culture, religion and gender, etc. Most companies had too much $ and bought everything: consequences of short economy were, 1. Most were peaceful, regime just gave up. Poland, hungary: ussr (west to east) Rus was last to fall: communism ended after russia declared independence. The end of the 80s was really where peaceful protests began. Why was the process peaceful: albert hirschman (economist) theory: exit, voice and loyalty, theory that explains why gave in to protests: consumer culture, argues that consumers respond to product decline by exit or voice. Exit = stop buying old brands, buy new where people would stop buying products; once you stop buying, you don"t care about the company. Queuing: lining up for food, clothes, supplies, etc: 2. Hoarding: company buys a lot of supplies but never uses them (called slack: 3.
