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The rise of 'people power': Role of civil society in the 'color revolutions'.

机译：“人民力量”的兴起：公民社会在“色彩革命”中的作用。

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This dissertation has been spurred by the surprising turn of events that took place in Georgia and Ukraine in 2003 and 2004 respectively. Both countries were scheduled to have elections---parliamentary in Georgia and presidential in Ukraine. Though fraud, voter intimidation and opposition harassment were widely expected, few predicted the magnitude of popular response that swept away the regimes of Leonid Kuchma and Eduard Shevarnadze. Grappling with the unexpected, many heaped praise on the so-called "people power" that was able to bring masses to the streets and sustain their involvement in what were quickly labeled "color revolutions." Civil society groups like Pora in Ukraine and Kmara in Georgia became the cause celebre for Western media.;Few questions were asked as to what made the civic organizations in Ukraine and Georgia so effective. This neglect of deeper investigation is especially puzzling, given the vast array of past assessments that decried the civil societies in those and other post-Soviet states as weak, overly dependent on Western aid and unable to relate to the local populace.;The analysis that this dissertation will perform is critical not only for our understanding of contemporary political events in transitioning societies, but also for the evolution of major theoretical debates in the field. By stressing the primacy of civil society's involvement in "color revolutions," it lends substantive support to the participatory approach, confirming the leading role of ordinary citizens over domestic elites in democratic transformations. At the same time, because the research is focused on the specific features which enhance the effectiveness of civic groups, it contributes to the scholarly discussion (often dating to the times of Locke, Kant and the Scottish Enlightenment) on the merits and weaknesses of civil society as well as its connections to the political and societal realms. Finally, the research suggests how the particular circumstances of "color revolutions" can enhance our general appreciation of democratic transitions.
机译：2003年和2004年分别在格鲁吉亚和乌克兰发生的令人惊讶的事件转折激发了这篇论文。两国原定举行选举，在乔治亚州举行议会选举，在乌克兰举行总统选举。尽管人们普遍预期欺诈，选民恐吓和反对派骚扰，但很少有人能预测席卷了列昂尼德·库奇马和爱德华·谢瓦尔纳泽政权的民众反应的程度。面对突如其来的意外，许多人对所谓的“人民力量”赞不绝口，这种力量能够将群众带到街头，并维持他们对迅速标记为“色彩革命”的参与。诸如乌克兰的Pora和佐治亚的Kmara这样的民间社会团体成为西方媒体的名人。;对于如何使乌克兰和乔治亚州的公民组织如此有效，人们几乎没有提出疑问。鉴于过去的大量评估认为这些国家和后苏联国家的民间社会是软弱的，过度依赖西方援助且无法与当地民众联系在一起的，这种对更深入调查的忽视尤其令人费解。这篇论文的执行不仅对于我们对转型社会中当代政治事件的理解，而且对于该领域主要理论辩论的发展都至关重要。通过强调公民社会参与“颜色革命”的首要地位，它为参与性方法提供了实质性支持，从而确认了普通公民在民主变革中对国内精英的领导作用。同时，由于研究的重点是提高公民团体效力的特定特征，因此它有助于就民间的优缺点进行学术讨论（通常可追溯到洛克，康德和苏格兰启蒙时代）。社会及其与政治和社会领域的联系。最后，研究表明“色彩革命”的特殊情况如何增强我们对民主过渡的普遍认识。

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    Galushko, Vladyslav.;

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    Old Dominion University.;

  • 授予单位 Old Dominion University.;
  • 学科 Political Science International Relations.;Political Science General.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2009
  • 页码 399 p.
  • 总页数 399
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 古生物学;
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