Effects of Non-Violent Change of Political Institutions:A Study of Contradictions from the Orange Revolution
(2009) MRSA21 20091Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- The rumor of a fraudulent election during the presidential election of 2004 in Ukraine, made citizens fill up the streets of Kyiv for a three week long demonstration known as the Orange revolution. The aim was to strengthen democracy by pressuring the government, recognized as representative democracy, by democratic means which resulted in a re-run election against democratic principles. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze problems with the use and effects of non-violent methods of political change during the Orange Revolution. The problematic of the connection between civil and political actions used during the Orange Revolution and the ideal of a representative democracy will be questioned. Nonviolent political actions to implement... (More)
- The rumor of a fraudulent election during the presidential election of 2004 in Ukraine, made citizens fill up the streets of Kyiv for a three week long demonstration known as the Orange revolution. The aim was to strengthen democracy by pressuring the government, recognized as representative democracy, by democratic means which resulted in a re-run election against democratic principles. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze problems with the use and effects of non-violent methods of political change during the Orange Revolution. The problematic of the connection between civil and political actions used during the Orange Revolution and the ideal of a representative democracy will be questioned. Nonviolent political actions to implement civil and political rights can be considered democratic; however, the underlying aim to change the democratic political institution into another kind of democratic institution imposes a contradiction. (Less)
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- author
- Ebintra, Emma LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MRSA21 20091
- year
- 2009
- type
- L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
- subject
- keywords
- Ukraine, Orange Revolution, Civil and Political Rights, Representative Democracy, The Right to Freedom of Assembly, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, The Right to Freedom of Expression
- language
- English
- id
- 1405656
- date added to LUP
- 2009-05-27 17:16:53
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- 2014-09-04 08:27:45
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