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    <pageNumber>40</pageNumber>
    <edition>No. 64</edition>
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    <title language="eng">Networks of Dissent: Social Leaders and Protest in an Autocracy</title>
    <abstract language="eng">This paper examines how network ties between local social leaders influenced the diffusion of mass protests in an autocracy. We focus on the Protestant Church and the Peaceful Revolution in East Germany. To quantify the role of leader networks in protest diffusion, we compile biographical records of over 1,600 Protestant pastors, including their employment and education histories. Our findings reveal that network connections led to an increase in protest diffusion by up to 4.9 percentage points in a given week. Moreover, we highlight the importance of network centrality, pastors as information bridges, and the interaction with preexisting grievances and repression.</abstract>
    <parentTitle language="eng">Berlin School of Economics Discussion Papers</parentTitle>
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    <author>Johannes Buggle</author>
    <submitter>Dimitri Perepelkin</submitter>
    <author>Max Deter</author>
    <author>Martin Lange</author>
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      <title>Berlin School of Economics Discussion Papers</title>
      <number>64</number>
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