Youth movements and elections in Eastern Europe / Olena Nikolayenko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nikolayenko, Olena, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in contentious politics.

Cambridge studies in contentious politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--Europe, Eastern.

Political participation.

Youth--Political activity--Europe, Eastern.

Youth.

Youth movements--Europe, Eastern.

Youth movements.

Elections--Europe, Eastern--History--21st century.

Elections.

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--21st century.

Europe, Eastern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 257 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

At the turn of the twenty-first century, a tide of nonviolent youth movements swept across Eastern Europe. Young people demanded political change in repressive political regimes that emerged since the collapse of communism. The Serbian social movement Otpor (Resistance) played a vital role in bringing down Slobodan Milosevic in 2000. Inspired by Otpor's example, similar challenger organizations were formed in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, and Ukraine. The youth movements, however, differed in the extent to which they could mobilize citizens against the authoritarian governments on the eve of national elections. This book argues that the movement's tactics and state countermoves explain, in no small degree, divergent social movement outcomes. Using data from semi-structured interviews with former movement participants, public opinion polls, government publications, non-governmental organization (NGO) reports, and newspaper articles, the book traces state-movement interactions in five post-communist societies: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Serbia, and Ukraine.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Elections as an opportunity for political change; 3. Youth's revolt against the regime; 4. Otpor's nonviolent resistance in Serbia; 5. Zubr's struggle against authoritarianism in Belarus; 6. Kmara! Enough of corruption and poverty in Georgia; 7. Pora! Youth's mobilization in Ukraine; 8. The emergence of youth movements in Azerbaijan; 9. Conclusion.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-108-27056-5

1-108-26601-0

1-108-27147-2

1-108-27329-7

1-108-27695-4

1-108-24180-8

1-108-27420-X