| ID | 117046 |
| Title Proper | Legitimacy of foreign intervention in elections |
| Other Title Information | the Ukrainian response |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shulman, Stephen ; Bloom, Stephen |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The empirical and theoretical study of the effect of foreign intervention in the electoral processes of states is exceedingly weak. Using insights from the nationalism literature, this article provides a theoretical argument on domestic reactions to foreign interference in a state's internal politics. It then tests the predictions generated by the argument using mass survey data in Ukraine. The article analyses the Ukrainian people's reaction to Western and Russian intervention in the 2004 presidential elections - the Orange Revolution. We find that efforts by Western governments, international organisations, and non-governmental organisations to shape Ukraine's electoral landscape appear to be unwelcome to average Ukrainians while electoral interference by a non-democratic state, Russia, is seen as less alienating. Our theoretical framework accounts for these potentially surprising results. |
| `In' analytical Note | Review of International Studies Vol. 38, No.2; Apr 2012: p.445-471 |
| Journal Source | Review of International Studies Vol. 38, No.2; Apr 2012: p.445-471 |
| Key Words | Foreign Intervention ; Nationalism Literature ; Theoretical Argument ; Ukraine ; Russian Intervention - 2004 ; Presidential Elections |