This article surveys and discusses the latest wave of mass protests in Ukraine, the Euromaydan. This study situates the Euromaydan within the history of the other protests in post-communist Ukraine and makes a comparison to the Orange Revolution (the Orange Revolution). The authors recognize the importance of international factors, but argue that Ukrainian domestic political factors contributed significantly not only to the emergence, but also to escalation of the latest conflict in Ukraine. This study tests a theory about the role of institutional factors versus the role of cultural-historic legacies in the process of mass protest formation and conflict development. We argue that institutional factors, such as: governmental policies; the composition of governmental, opposition, and civil society groups; corruption; and timing of legislative activity on most divisive issues in Ukraine have contributed to the conflict escalation in Ukraine.
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An Anatomy of Mass Protests: The Orange Revolution and Euromaydan Compared
Irina Khmelko,
Irina Khmelko
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a Department of Political Science, Public Administration and Nonprofit Management, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Fletcher Hall 417, 615 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA
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Yevgen Pereguda
Yevgen Pereguda
b Department of Political Science, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Ukraine
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Communist and Post-Communist Studies (2014) 47 (2): 227–236.
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Irina Khmelko, Yevgen Pereguda; An Anatomy of Mass Protests: The Orange Revolution and Euromaydan Compared. Communist and Post-Communist Studies 1 June 2014; 47 (2): 227–236. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2014.04.013
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