1st Edition

The Colour Revolutions in the Former Soviet Republics Successes and Failures

Edited By Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Abel Polese Copyright 2010
254 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

During the first decade of the 21 st century, a remarkable phenomenon swept through the former Soviet Union changing the political, social and cultural landscape. Popularly known as the ‘Colour Revolutions’, these non-violent protests overthrew autocratic regimes in three post-soviet republics: the Georgian Rose Revolution (2003), the Ukrainian Orange Revolution (2004) and the Kyrgyzstani Tulip... Read more

Introduction: whats in a colour? – Donnacha Ó Beacháin and Abel Polese,  Part I - The spreading of colour revolutions: achievements and limits, Georgia - Francoise Companjen,  Ukraine - Nathaniel Copsey,  Kyrgyzstan – David Lewis,  Moldova – Ryan Patrick Kennedy,  Armenia - Mikayel Zolyan,  Azerbaijan - Vicken Cheterian,  Part II – Antidotes for the coloured virus: the regimes strike back,  Belarus – Ustina Marcus,  Russia – Thomas Ambrosio,  Uzbekistan – Matteo Fumagalli and Simon Tordjman,  Tajikistan – Robert Kevlihan and Amri Sherzamonov,  Kazakhstan – Rico Isaacs,  Turkmenistan - Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Conclusion - Donnacha Ó Beacháin and Abel Polese.

Biography

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.