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The fourth volume of Aspects of the Orange Revolution continues the previous volume's discussion on the impact of foreign actors on Ukrainian politics. It provides both scholarly analyses and first-hand accounts. The collection not only investigates, but also gives voice to, some of those involved in the events of 2004. While most of the volume's contributors have an academic background, some of them report here from the perspective of official election or informal participant observers of the three rounds of the Ukrainian presidential elections. Part One juxtaposes some contrasting views on how far Russia's and the West's various interests, activities and tools influencing the Orange Revolution were comparable to each other, and adequate given the circumstances. Part Two presents individual reports by a number of international election observers who were following the campaign and voting in various parts of Ukraine in 2004. Part Three presents three additional on-the-ground observations focusing solely on the notorious electoral district No. 100 of Kirovohrad Oblast. The contributions by Andreas Umland, Iris Kempe, Iryna Solonenko, Vladimir Frolov, Valentin Yakushik, Matthias Brucker, Jake Rudnitsky, Rory Finnin, Adriana Helbig, Paul Terdal, Tatiana Terdal, Peter Wittschorek, Hans-Jörg Schmedes, Adrianna Melnyk, Ingmar Bredies, Oxana Shevel and Volodymyr Bilyk add a number of novel points of view to those presented in the previous volumes. These partly contradictory and emotional texts as well as a number of photographs document the tense atmosphere and confrontational climate within which Ukraine's second phase of post-Soviet democratisation started in 2004.
Contents
List of Tables List of Pictures Introduction: Domestic and Foreign Factors in the 2004 Ukrainian Presidential Elections, by Andreas Umland Part I. Political Transition and External Forces in Post-Soviet Societies Foreign Involvement and International Orientation in the Orange Revolution, by Iris Kempe and Iryna Solonenko Democracy by Remote Control, by Vladimir Frolov The Orange Revolution and the Distortion of the Citizenry's Will: Material for a Complaint by the Party of Regions, by Valentin Yakushik Trans-national Actors in Democratizing States: The Case of German Political Foundations in Ukraine, by Matthias Brucker Part II. Voices from the Ground: Reports by International Election Observers Ukrainians in the Mist: Gorilla Tactics in the Campaign for Ukraine's Highest Office, by Jake Rudnitsky Prelude to a Revolution: Reflections on Observing the 2004 Presidential Elections in Ukraine, by Rory Finnin and Adriana Helbig Observations from the Cherkasy Region, by Paul Terdal and Tatiana Terdal From Sunset to Sunrise in a Territorial Election Commission: Special Observations during a Crucial Night, by Peter Wittschorek and Hans-Jorg Schmedes Optimism and Gratitude: Reflections of an Election Observer in the Poltava Region, by Adrianna Melnyk Part III. The Special Case of Electoral District No. 100 Election Observation in a 'Notorious' Region: The 100th Constituency in Kirovohrad Oblast, by Ingmar Bredies The Repeat Second Round of the 2004 Presidential Elections in Kirovohrad, by Oxana Shevel My Experience of a Lifetime: Elections in Kirovohrad, by Volodymyr Bilyk
