Rethinking the International Diffusion of Coloured Revolutions

The Power of Representation in Kyrgyzstan

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ID12532925
AuthorsJohn Heathershaw (0000-0002-9818-1860, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume25
Issue2-3
Pages297-323
Publication date2009-07-06
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0268-4535 • E-ISSN: 1743-9116
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13523270902860956
OpenAlexW1966294273
LanguageEN
Citations received5

It is commonly argued that the international diffusion of post-socialist ‘coloured revolutions’ culminated in the overthrow of the Akaev government in Kyrgyzstan in March 2005. This raises an important theoretical debate about the nature of contagion, diffusion and emulation (how different cases are linked across space and time) in the context of the particular case of the Tulip revolution (what happened and is continuing to happen in Kyrgyzstan). These changes of regime were linked by a common point of reference, the idea of the ‘coloured revolution’, whereby participants in Kyrgyzstan were inspired by representations of the earlier uprisings. However, this link was symbolic and contingent rather than normative and determined. Rather than following a single model or innovating upon an objectively existing example, coloured revolutions were mediated by the power of representation

Context (archaeology · Diffusion · Economic growth · Economics · Emulation · Government (linguistics · Normative · Point (geometry · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Power (physics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Computer Science · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance · Soviet and Russian History · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

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