04770nam 2200793 a 450 991078868190332120211005032444.01-283-89859-40-8122-0709-210.9783/9780812207095(CKB)3240000000065394(OCoLC)806246648(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642193(SSID)ssj0000703520(PQKBManifestationID)11419887(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000703520(PQKBWorkID)10691215(PQKB)10047994(MdBmJHUP)muse17651(DE-B1597)449566(OCoLC)979954245(DE-B1597)9780812207095(Au-PeEL)EBL3441858(CaPaEBR)ebr10642193(CaONFJC)MIL421109(MiAaPQ)EBC3441858(EXLCZ)99324000000006539420111021d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe color revolutions[electronic resource] /Lincoln A. Mitchell1st ed.Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Pressc20121 online resource (252 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8122-4417-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index.Front matter --Contents --Chapter 1. Introduction --Chapter 2. Pre-Color Revolution Regimes --Chapter 3. Electoral Breakthroughs --Chapter 4. The U.S. Role --Chapter 5. Russia --Chapter 6. Democracy After the Color Revolutions --Chapter 7. Exporting Color Revolutions --Chapter 8. Misreading Democratic Breakthroughs: U.S. Policy After the Color Revolutions --Chapter 9. The End of an Era --Appendix: Studying Color Revolutions --Notes --Bibliography --Index --AcknowledgmentsFrom late 2003 through mid-2005, a series of peaceful street protests toppled corrupt and undemocratic regimes in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan and ushered in the election of new presidents in all three nations. These movements-collectively known as the Color Revolutions-were greeted in the West as democratic breakthroughs that might thoroughly reshape the political terrain of the former Soviet Union. But as Lincoln A. Mitchell explains in The Color Revolutions, it has since become clear that these protests were as much reflections of continuity as they were moments of radical change. Not only did these movements do little to spur democratic change in other post-Soviet states, but their impact on Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan themselves was quite different from what was initially expected. In fact, Mitchell suggests, the Color Revolutions are best understood as phases in each nation's long post-Communist transition: significant events, to be sure, but far short of true revolutions. The Color Revolutions explores the causes and consequences of all three Color Revolutions-the Rose Revolution in Georgia, the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, and the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan-identifying both common themes and national variations. Mitchell's analysis also addresses the role of American democracy promotion programs, the responses of nondemocratic regimes to the Color Revolutions, the impact of these events on U.S.-Russian relations, and the failed "revolutions" in Azerbaijan and Belarus in 2005 and 2006.At a time when the Arab Spring has raised hopes for democratic development in the Middle East, Mitchell's account of the Color Revolutions serves as a valuable reminder of the dangers of confusing dramatic moments with lasting democratic breakthroughs.Protest movementsFormer Soviet republicsOpposition (Political science)Former Soviet republicsRegime changeFormer Soviet republicsDemocratizationFormer Soviet republicsFormer Soviet republicsPolitics and governmentUnited StatesForeign relationsFormer Soviet republicsFormer Soviet republicsForeign relationsUnited StatesEuropean History.History.Human Rights.Law.Political Science.Public Policy.World History.Protest movementsOpposition (Political science)Regime changeDemocratization947.0009/049Mitchell Lincoln Abraham1097257MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788681903321The color revolutions3720894UNINA