«ORANGE REVOLUTION» AND «EUROMAIDAN»: A STEP BACK OR FORWARD TO DEMOCRACY?

Authors

  • С. С. Боєва Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18524/2304-1439.2015.1(22).52132

Keywords:

political elites, democratization, non-parliamentary forces, protest actions

Abstract

In the article the author compares two political events, which had led to the social, political and economic changes in Ukraine. Non-parliamentary structures and actions of disobedience are reviewed as harbingers of change in the political system and threatening factor for the government. The author analyzes the effects of mass protests, their influence on the political process in the country.

Author Biography

С. С. Боєва, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University

Boeva S. S.

Published

2015-10-27

Issue

Section

POLITICAL SCIENCES. POLITICAL PROCESSES AND SOCIAL STATE