Youth Movements and Elections in Eastern Europe

This book examines a dramatic rise of nonviolent youth movements on the eve of national elections in Eastern Europe.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Olena Nikolayenko is Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, New York. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Toronto, and held visiting appointments at Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, and the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine. Her research was supported by the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Her articles have appeared in the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Comparative Sociology, Europe-Asia Studies, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, International Political Science Review, Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Youth and Society, and other journals.

Summary

Given the interdisciplinary nature of the book's subject matter, it will be of interest to historians, political scientists, and sociologists. In particular, the book will appeal to readers, with a geographical interest in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. The book may be adopted for use in upper-level undergraduate courses in social sciences.

Product details

• Authors: Olena Nikolayenko, Olena (Fordham University Nikolayenko, Nikolayenko Olena
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2017
• EAN: 9781108416733
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41673-3
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics; Cambridge Studies in Contentio; Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics; Cambridge Studies in Contentio
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Eastern Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Age groups: adolescents, Elections & referenda, Demonstrations & protest movements, Elections and referenda / suffrage