Paul D'Anieri
D'Anieri, Paul, Explaining the success and failure of post-communist revolutions
39 3 (Special Issue ‘Democratic Revolutions in Post-Communist States’, ed. Taras Kuzio)Argues that while most studies focus on grassroots movements, elites – especially security services – are crucial in determining whether movements reach a ‘tipping point’. Illustrates argument by comparing two ‘failed revolutions’ (Serbia 1996-97 and Ukraine 2001) with two ‘successful revolutions’ (Serbia 2000 and Ukraine 2004-2005). [Compare with Anika Locke Binnendijk, Ivan Marovic, Power and persuasion: Nonviolent strategies to influence state security forces in Serbia (2000) and Ukraine (2004) (D. II.1. Comparative Assessments) above.]
D'Anieri, Paul, What has changed in Ukrainian politics? Assessing the implications of the Orange Revolution
52 3 (September/October), Special Issue ‘Ukraine: Elections and Democratisation’
ed. D'Anieri, Paul; Kuzio, Taras, 38 2 (June)Much of this issue analyses the previous Kuchma regime and parliamentary elections in 1994, 1998 and 2002, but there are two articles on the 2004 presidential elections and impact of the ‘Orange Revolution’, one by Taras Kuzio, From Kuchma to Yushchenko, 2005 , pp. 229-244 .