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Spontaneous Political Groups after the 2006 elections
Spontaneous Political Groups after the 2006 elections

Author(s): Dzianis Melyantsou
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Палітычная сфера
Keywords: The 2006 elections; opposition; spontaneous groups; protests; resistance; network movement.

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this article is to reveal the phenomenon of spontaneous groups which arose during the protests caused by the 2006 Presidential elections. The author tries to give a definition of the notion «spontaneous groups», to classify the groups according to their origin and internal structure and to specify the causes of their formation. There is also an attempt to outline near-term perspectives of spontaneous groups.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 048-060
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English