Market fundamentalism, economic hardship and social protest in Armenia. (A critical perspective of the polarization of Armenian politics)

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Fil: Derghougassian, Khatchik. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina.

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Publicado: Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales 2011
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Armenia (Republic) > Politics and government > 1991-
Armenia (Republic) > Economic policy > 1991-
Protest movements > Armenia (Republic)
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spelling I37-R143-10908-4892024-09-20T17:49:25Z Market fundamentalism, economic hardship and social protest in Armenia. (A critical perspective of the polarization of Armenian politics) Derghougassian, Khatchik Armenia (Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1991- Armenia (Republic) -- Economic policy -- 1991- Protest movements -- Armenia (Republic) Fil: Derghougassian, Khatchik. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Paper presentado en el encuentro del Society for Armenian Studies en ocasión de un congreso especial por el 35° aniversario de su fundación en UCLA en marzo de 2009. March 1, 2008 seemed to mark a turning point in Armenian politics. The violent protest against the widely claimed fraud during the February 19, 2008 presidential elections by the followers of the former President Levon Ter Petrosian, the main contender against the official winner of the ballot, ex-PM Serge Sargsyan, met with even harsher repression by the police forces resulting to the death of 10 people and the arrest of more than a hundred others. The event highlighted a deep political polarization in Armenian society that seemed the consequence of the decision of Ter Petrosian to emerge from his decade-long silence and run as a presidential candidate. Regardless of the reasons behind this decision, what raises interest, however, is his capacity to convince and mobilize 21% of the voters according to the official figures of the elections. This paper takes a critical look into the deep causes of the political polarization in Armenia, which, as the argument goes, reflects a distorted social protest. I expand Albert Hirschman’s concept of “voice, exit and loyalty” to explain the anger vote, and highlight the structural and political reasons for the lack of any credible proposal for change that addresses society’s real demands for social justice. 2011-09-12T15:56:23Z 2011-09-12T15:56:23Z 2011-03 Documento de Trabajo info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper info:ar-repo/semantics/documento de trabajo info:eu-repo/semantics/draft http://hdl.handle.net/10908/489 eng Documento de trabajo (Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales);12 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf application/pdf Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales
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topic Armenia (Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Armenia (Republic) -- Economic policy -- 1991-
Protest movements -- Armenia (Republic)
spellingShingle Armenia (Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Armenia (Republic) -- Economic policy -- 1991-
Protest movements -- Armenia (Republic)
Derghougassian, Khatchik
Market fundamentalism, economic hardship and social protest in Armenia. (A critical perspective of the polarization of Armenian politics)
topic_facet Armenia (Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Armenia (Republic) -- Economic policy -- 1991-
Protest movements -- Armenia (Republic)
description Fil: Derghougassian, Khatchik. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina.
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title Market fundamentalism, economic hardship and social protest in Armenia. (A critical perspective of the polarization of Armenian politics)
title_short Market fundamentalism, economic hardship and social protest in Armenia. (A critical perspective of the polarization of Armenian politics)
title_full Market fundamentalism, economic hardship and social protest in Armenia. (A critical perspective of the polarization of Armenian politics)
title_fullStr Market fundamentalism, economic hardship and social protest in Armenia. (A critical perspective of the polarization of Armenian politics)
title_full_unstemmed Market fundamentalism, economic hardship and social protest in Armenia. (A critical perspective of the polarization of Armenian politics)
title_sort market fundamentalism, economic hardship and social protest in armenia. (a critical perspective of the polarization of armenian politics)
publisher Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales
publishDate 2011
url http://hdl.handle.net/10908/489
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