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Armenia’s 2018 Revolution, Motivations and New Media

Shiqian Deng
Vilnius University, Lithuania.
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Polina Tuzova
St. Petersburg State University, Russia.
DOI icon 10.24018/ejsocial.2022.2.4.252

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Submitted 2022-05-15
Published 2022-08-10

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In 2018, the social movement against Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan in Armenia shocked analysts, a substantial of whom believe that this series of movements can be thought of as a revolution, a revolution as the complete end of the Soviet elements in Armenia. According to Goldstone’s revolution doctrine, the causes of this revolution and further understanding the process of the revolution could be more distinct. Furthermore, remember what Goldstone agrees - do not use theory to rigidly set historical facts, but use historical facts to construct theories (Stinchcombe, 1978), based on the facts of the Armenian revolution, some theoretical explanations may need to be discarded, or new researchers will also develop new theories during the issues of explaining the Armenian revolution.

Keywords: Election, New Media, Motivations, Protest, Revolution.

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