PORA civic campaign in Ukraine: Four questions to understand the role of civil society in colour revolutions
Abstract
This article explores the role of civil society organisations in the development of colour revolutions. It does so by surveying the role of the organisation PORA during the electoral campaign and the subsequent protests in November and December 2004. By studying the civic campaign PORA this article sheds some light on the role civil society organisations, and non-state actors, may play in supporting or challenging an existing regime. This article uses empirical material to answer the main questions about the genuinity of PORA (and civic movements in general) during the Orange Revolution and the mechanisms and tactics that led to mobilising masses and induce political change in the country.
About the Author
Abel Polese
Институт политических наук и государственного управления Таллиннского университета (Эстония)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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