Aspects of the Orange Revolution V: Institutional Observation Reports on the 2004 Ukrainian Presidential Elections

Aspects of the Orange Revolution V: Institutional Observation Reports on the 2004 Ukrainian Presidential Elections

by Dr . Andreas Umland (Editor), IngmarBredies (Editor), ValentinYakushik (Editor)

Synopsis

Reports by international governmental and non-governmental organisations on the 2004 presidential elections in Ukraine constituted a significant factor in generating, facilitating and completing the Orange Revolution. Ukrainian civil society, mass media, courts and political parties were the main driving force behind the popular uprising that returned Ukraine to the path of democratisation it had embarked on in 1991. Yet, the unambiguous stance and political weight of such institutions as the EU, PACE, NATO, and, above all, OSCE played their role too. The democratic movement benefited from the spectre of international isolation and stigmatisation of the Ukrainian state had President Leonid Kuchma decided to prevent a repetition of the second round of the voting. The volume collects not all, but some of the most widely discussed reports, including English translations of selected sections of the three reports produced by the CIS International Observers Mission. The latter as well as a report by an Israeli institute depart from the assessments of the other organisations represented here, allowing for comparison of diverging evaluations of the same events. The volume assembles full or excerpted official reports of the International Republican Institute, Tel Aviv Institute for the Countries of Eastern Europe and CIS, European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, and Commonwealth of Independent States. Contributions by Jevgen Shapoval and Roman Kupchinsky introduce and conclude the collection.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 242
Publisher: ibidem-Verlag
Published: 01 Jan 2007

ISBN 10: 3898218090
ISBN 13: 9783898218092

Media Reviews
These 45 papers and supplemental election reports provide an excellent overview of the Ukrainian 2004 events as well as their historical and political context. -- Uwe Dathe Osteuropa
Author Bio
Dr. Ingmar Bredies is DAAD Lecturer in Political Science at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.Dr. Andreas Umland is DAAD Lecturer in German Studies at the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv.Dr. Valentin Yakushik is Professor of Political Science at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.