Armenia's velvet revolution : authoritarian decline and civil resistance in a multipolar world / edited by Laurence Broers and Anna Ohanyan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Broers, Laurence, editor.

Ohanyan, Anna, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demonstrations--Armenia (Republic)--Yerevan--History.

Demonstrations.

Protest movements--Armenia (Republic)--History--21st century.

Protest movements.

Politics and government.

History.

Armenia (Republic)--Politics and government--History.

Armenia (Republic).

Armenia (Republic)--Yerevan.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 265 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : I.B. Tauris, 2021.

Summary:

"In April 2018, Armenia experienced a remarkable popular uprising leading to the resignation of Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan and his replacement by protest leader Nikol Pashinyan. Evoking Czechoslovakia's similarly peaceful overthrow of communism 30 years previously, the uprising came to be known as Armenia's 'Velvet Revolution': a broad-based movement calling for clean government, democracy and economic reform. This volume examines how a popular protest movement, showcasing civil disobedience as a mass strategy for the first time in the post-Soviet space, overcame these unpromising circumstances. Situating the events in Armenia in their national, regional and global contexts, different contributions evaluate the causes driving Armenia's unexpected democratic turn, the reasons for regime vulnerability and the factors mediating a non-violent outcome. Drawing on comparative perspectives with democratic transitions across the world, this book will be essential reading for those interested in the regime dynamics, social movements and contested politics of contemporary Eurasia, as well as policy-makers and practitioners in the fields of democracy assistance and human rights in an increasingly multipolar world."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Velvet is not a colour: Armenia's democratic transition in a global context p. 25 / Anna Ohanyan

2 Thirty years of protest: How Armenia's Legacy of political and civic protests prepared the Velvet Revolution p. 51 / Mikayel Zolyan

3 How Serzh Sargsyan and the Republican Party of Armenia lost control of a competitive authoritarian system p. 73 / Laurence Broers

4 Armenian civil society: Growing pains, honing skills and possible pitfalls p. 101 / Yevgenya Jenny Paturyan

5 Donning the Velvet: Non-violent resistance in the 2018 Armenian Revolution p. 119 / Jonathan Pinckney

6 Armenia's transition: The challenges of geography, geopolitics and multipolarity p. 141 / Richard Giragosian

7 Preserving the alliance against tall odds: Armenia's Velvet Revolution as a challenge to Russia p. 161 / Pavel K. Baev

8 Political patriarchy: Gendered hierarchies, paternalism, and public space in Armenia's 'Velvet Revolution' p. 181 / Tamar Shirinian

9 Democratization and diaspora: The Velvet Revolution and the Armenian nation abroad p. 201 / Kristin Cavoukian.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1788317173

9781788317177

1788317181

9781788317184

OCLC:

1114898718

Publisher Number:

99985264590