What makes a revolution (or not)
What makes a revolution (or not)
Author(s): Diāna Potjomkina, Ilvija BruģeSubject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Political Essay
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Belarus; Ukraine; revolutions; identity;social change
Summary/Abstract: Ukraine and Belarus are two neighbouring post-Soviet states with similar attitudes towards the role of their respective governments, authorities and democracy. But why is it that Ukraine has had two revolutions to overthrow the corrupt pro-Russian regime while Belarus has been under the same rule since 1994?
Journal: New Eastern Europe
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 01 (25)
- Page Range: 61-68
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
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