Illiberal Democracies and the Future of Revolutionary Movements
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This paper seeks to explore the key points surrounding revolutions, with a special focus on revolutions that occur under illiberal democracies. This is achieved through a comparative analysis between the Orange Revolution of Ukraine and the South African Revolution.
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