Moldova between Europe and Russia: Inoculating against the colored contagion?

Luke March; Graeme P. Herd

doi:10.2747/1060-586X.22.4.349

Moldova between Europe and Russia: Inoculating against the colored contagion?

Luke March^*, Graeme P. Herd

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School of Social and Political Science

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Abstract

In the elections of March 6, 2005, the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) won re-election in an OSCE-approved parliamentary vote lacking large-scale electoral fraud and widespread popular mobilization. Grounding their analysis in the political science literature on "colored" revolutions, interviews, and news reports, two political scientists examine this outcome, asking why a colored revolution did not occur in Moldova. Moldova's "orange evolution" is analyzed in terms of structural preconditions and catalytic factors for colored revolutions as well as broader questions about possible paths out of the patronal and patrimonial forms of government dominating the CIS.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	349-379
Number of pages	31
Journal	Post-Soviet Affairs
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2747/1060-586X.22.4.349
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2006

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