The Colour Revolutions in the Former Soviet Republics: Successes and Failures

ISBN-13: 9780415625470 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 254 str.

Donnacha Beach in; Abel Polese

Opis

This volume explores the origins and effects, successes and failures of 'colour revolutions' in the former Soviet Republics - the non-violent protests which succeeded in overthrowing post-communist authoritarian regimes, for example in Georgia in 2003, Ukraine in 2004 and Kyrgyzstan in 2005.

Spis treści

Part 1: The Spreading of Colour Revolutions: Achievements and Limits  Georgia.  Ukraine.  Kyrgyzstan.  Moldova.  Armenia.  Azerbaijan  Part 2: Antidotes for the Coloured Virus: The Regimes Strike Back  Belarus.  Russia.  Uzbekistan.  Tajikistan.  Kazakhstan.  Turkmenistan

O autorze

Donnacha Ó Beacháin is a lecturer and Marie Curie Fellow at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland. He was previously a Visiting Fellow with the Civic Education Project and Academic Fellowship Program in Georgia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

Abel Polese is Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh, UK. He was formerly Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Hannah Arendt Institute of Dresden and Civic Education Project Visiting Fellow to Ukraine.