The Remarkable 2018 “Velvet Revolution”: Armenia’s Experiment Against Government Corruption

The Velvet Revolution of Armenia, which took place in 2018, was an important event in the history of Armenia and changed the government peacefully by means of large demonstrations, rallies and marches. This historic event was covered by Armenian news media. Our goal here was to do a Discourse-Historical Analysis of the Armenian Velvet Revolution as covered by two Armenian websites: armenpress.am-the governmental website and 168.am-the non-governmental website. In our analysis we identified how the lexicon related to the Armenian Velvet Revolution was negotiated and legitimized by these media, and which discursive strategies were applied. We concluded that ‘Armenpress’ paid more attention to the government’s speeches, discussions, meetings and tried to impose the opinion of the government upon the people. In contrast, ‘168’ tried to present itself as an independent website with a neutral attitude toward the Velvet Revolution but, in reality, as we can conclude from the negative opinions about the Velvet Revolution in the coverage of ‘168’, it also represented the government’s interests. There was also a discursive struggle over the exact meaning of ‘revolution’ and the sense of ‘velvet’ in politics and the academic field that was to some extent introduced by these media.

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Armenian foreign policy in the wake of the Velvet Revolution

European Politics and Society ◽

10.1080/23745118.2021.1928844 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Agnieszka Miarka ◽

Justyna Łapaj-Kucharska

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

Velvet Revolution

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Partisanship, Information, and Perceptions of Government Corruption

International Journal of Public Opinion Research ◽

10.1093/ijpor/edv037 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. edv037 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

André Blais ◽

Elisabeth Gidengil ◽

Anja Kilibarda

Keyword(s):

Government Corruption

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Political Competition and Government Corruption: A Response to Thayer

Public Integrity ◽

10.1080/15580989.2002.11770907 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 165-174 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Donald J. Maletz

Keyword(s):

Political Competition ◽

Government Corruption

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Czech Film in Exile (Český film v exilu)

Kinema: A Journal for Film and Audiovisual Media ◽

10.15353/kinema.vi.1100 ◽

2005 ◽

Author(s):

Jan Uhde

Keyword(s):

Cultural History ◽

Linguistic Diversity ◽

English Summary ◽

Academic Community ◽

Velvet Revolution ◽

History Of ◽

The Subject

CZECH FILM IN EXILE (ČESKÝ FILM V EXILU). Jiří Voráč. Brno, Host 2004. 192pp, stills, index, English summary. ISBN: 8072941399.In Czech Film In Exile, Jiří Voráč turns to a topic painfully relevant for the cultural history of his country, yet ignored by his compatriot researchers for years. In the stifling times of the pre-1989 Communist dictatorship, the subject of the exile culture was strictly taboo. More surprising was that it continued to be neglected for almost fifteen years after the "velvet revolution" and subsequent democratization. Among the reasons may have been the geographic fragmentation, linguistic diversity and disorganization of the sources which had to be researched in countries on several continents. Another factor may have been a sort of ideological inertia among some of the Czech academic community, which did not seem to consider its own film exile a worthwhile academic subject.For Voráč, a film historian at Brno's Masaryk University,...

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International business transformation patteerns of czech enterprises since the velvet revolution and the velvet divorce

Prague Economic Papers ◽

10.18267/j.pep.45 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

Author(s):

James D. Goodnow

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

International Business ◽

The United States ◽

Transformation Process ◽

Business Activity ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Business Transformation ◽

Velvet Revolution ◽

World Class

From a macroeconomic standpoint, the Czech Republic has been viewed as a leading example of successful transformation from a state owned to a privatized economy. Yet at the firm and industry levels, the transformation process is still in its early stages. This article focuses on the transformation of outbound international business activities of the country and offers statistical and case study evidence to support four propositions describing the transformation process to date. First, most Czech international business activity is oriented toward its European neighbors. Second, globalization is beginning in a few selected firm and industries. Third, the reliance on low price rather than other international marketing advantages limits the development of world class images of Czech export commodities. Fourth, beginning globalization efforts of Czech firms focus on emerging markets of Asia, South America and Africa and to a lesser extent on the United States but largely exclude Japan.

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