1st Edition

Democracy Promotion and the 'Colour Revolutions'

Edited By Susan Stewart Copyright 2012
208 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This book reviews the interplay between domestic contexts and democracy promotion efforts in selected countries of the former Soviet Union and the Western Balkans. The idea behind the six case studies is twofold. In the three cases where ‘colour revolutions’ occurred (Serbia, Georgia, Ukraine), the authors explore the extent to which external democracy promoters adapted their strategies to... Read more

1. Democracy promotion before and after the ‘colour revolutions’  Susan Stewart  2. Which way the wind blows: democracy promotion and international actors in Serbia  Aaron Presnall  3. Georgia’s ongoing struggle for a better future continued: democracy promotion through civil society development  Marina Muskhelishvili and Gia Jorjoliani  4. External democracy promotion in Ukraine: the role of the European Union  Iryna Solonenko  5. European democracy promotion in Russia before and after the ‘colour’ revolutions  Sinikukka Saari  6. Outpost of tyranny? The failure of democratization in Belarus  David R. Marples  7. Internal and external factors in the democratization of Azerbaijan  Aytan Gahramanova  8. The interplay of domestic contexts and external democracy promotion: lessons from Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus  Susan Stewart  9. Epilogue. Structure vs. agency: recent developments in democracy promotion
Susan Stewart

Biography

Susan Stewart is a Senior Research Associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin. She specializes on EU-Russia relations and the foreign and domestic policy of Ukraine. From 1995 to 2007 she was engaged in research and teaching at the University of Mannheim, Germany.