@misc{9227870,
  abstract     = {{This study examines the extent to which American actors influenced domestic 
mobilization during the Orange Revolution in Ukraine between the years 2004
2005. This studies’ analysis focuses on how external support, from the United 
States, interacted with domestic political and social conditions during the 
revolution. Using qualitative methods, this study investigates the roles of US actors, 
like USAID and National Endowment for Democracy, in supporting domestic 
factors such as civil society, opposition groups and mobilization. The theory of the 
third wave of democratization, diffusion theory and social movement theory are 
combined as this studies’ theoretical framework. Findings show that support, 
through American actors, strengthened the organizational capacity of Ukrainian 
opposition movements. However, this study also concludes that external influence 
solely acted as reinforcing factors and thus not decisive. Furthermore, the 
underlaying factors for the revolution were widespread domestic dissatisfaction 
with corruption, electoral fraud and a government with authoritarian tendencies.}},
  author       = {{Scheding, Ben and Andersson, Christian}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Extern påverkan på intern revolutionär mobilisering}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}