Abstract
ABSTRACTExtant research has investigated the relationship between the powerful and the powerless in a variety of contexts. Understanding the processes undergirding political power is critical to uncovering subtle social control mechanisms, specifically as they contribute to public consent and quiescence. We draw on the case of protest in Communist Czechoslovakia to investigate the mechanisms elites employ to protect their legitimacy. Data include governmental and court archives, first and secondhand accounts, and in-depth interviews. Our findings provide a foundation for conceptualizing political power as a multidimensional interplay, and adds conceptual distinction between consent and quiescence as goals of political rule.
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