Is there a pattern?

White, S. (2009) Is there a pattern? Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 25(2-3), pp. 396-412. (doi: 10.1080/13523270903096030)

Abstract

The countries that experienced a ‘coloured revolution’ between 2000 and 2005 – Serbia, Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan – were not distinguished by their levels of economic development, as political modernization theory suggested. Nor did they distribute incomes more unequally than other countries at the same level of development, as class analysis would have posited. By contrast, perceptions of the political system, and of its levels of corruption and responsiveness, were more closely associated with a series of irregular regime changes that had generally been precipitated by a ‘stolen election’.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: White, Professor Stephen
• Authors: White, S.
• Subjects: D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics; J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Politics
• Journal Name: Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 1352-3279
• ISSN (Online): 1743-9116
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2009 Taylor & Francis
• First Published: First published in Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 25(2-3):396-412
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