The orange revolution: 'People's revolution' or revolutionary coup?

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 525-549

  Lane, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Soft'; Nationality; Orange Revolution; People's power; Political power; Post communism and coup d' tat; Ukraine politics

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; POLITICAL POWER; POST-COMMUNISM;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE;

EID: 54049111896     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2008.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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