Current Projects Manuscript : REVOLUTIONARY MOMENTS, REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS: Understanding MASS SOCIAL MOBILIZATION IN ARGENTINA (2001) and UKRAINE (2004) The Making of a Civil Society: Political History of Social Mobilisation in Ukraine Working Papers in Progress: "Politico-Economic Transition in Post Fidel Castro Cuba: Learning From Eastern European Experiences" (Working Paper being written with DEFAIT Colleague) "The Political Makings of an 'Economic Crisis' and 'Ordinary People's' Political Response: An Analysis of Mass Mobilization during The December 2001 Crisis in Argentina" o The paper 's main these is that makings of the 2001 crisis in Argentina where not solely economic but actually political in nature. The main mobilizing factors (according to the protest discourse) were the decline of political legitimacy and a crisis of political accountability- fueled by a perception of a loss of both political(state of siege) and economic (corralito) rights by Argentine Citizens. o The paper examines three themes: 1. The role of the decline of political legitimacy during the De La Rua Government. 2. The role of the formal political opposition in facilitating the crisis and mobilizing Argentine citizens in Greater Buenos Aires in November/December 2001. 3. The political role and discourse of self organized 'Ordinary Argentine People' in mass social mobilisation leading to the down fall of the De La Rua Government "Interviewing Near and Abroad and Striking a Balance: How to conduct Inter-Regional Qualitative Research While Being an Insider and an Outsider" o "Interviewing Near and Abroad and Striking a Balance: How to conduct Inter-Regional Qualitative Research While Being an Insider and an Outsider" is a Working Paper which focuses on methodology. Based on my experiences of trying to maintain methodological rigor and balance while conducting qualitative research(various interviews, focus groups, archival research) in Ukraine and Poland where I am native speaker with insider knowledge and in Argentina and Brazil where I am neither an insider nor a native speaker.? o Two aspects are explored in this working paper; the first is the question how relational, cultural and insider knowhow affects the research design, framework and results; the second is how does language effect the methodological rigor and outcome, specifically when mythology, folklore, culture and translation are very open to interpretation.? o Thus, this paper seeks to strike to provide a methodological frame work on how to strike a balance in such asymmetrical research. Papers Being Presented: ONUCH, O (2009) The Contradictions of Protest Movements in Democratizing States: A Comparative Analysis of the Within Movement Tension of Public Versus Partisan Politics Based on The Cases of the two PORAs in Ukraine and Piquetero Movements in Argentina. To be presented at the APSA Annual Conference 2009 at the University of Toronto , Toronto. September 2009 ONUCH, O (2009) Moments and Movements: The Role of the Two ‘Poras’ in the Ukrainian “Orange Revolution”(2004). To be presented at The Munk Centre , University of Toronto, April 9th 2009 ONUCH, O (2009) Moments and Movements: The Role of the Social Movements as Mobilizers in the Ukrainian “Orange Revolution” (2004). To be presented at ASN Congress at Columbia University NYC, April 26th 2009 . ONUCH, O. (2009) Transition versus Consolidation: Developing Common Theoretical Language for Intra-Regional Comparison of Democratic Consolidation in Eastern Europe and Latin America. To be presented at the 2009 MPSA Conference April 6th 2009. ONUCH, O‘ (2008). The Dynamics of ‘Exit’ and ‘Voice’: Mechanisms of the Informal Sector (‘exit’) and its Relationship to Collective Political Participation (‘voice’) in the Case of Informal Workers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Kyiv, Ukraine. Presented at the UNIVERSIDAD DI TELLA in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 2008 as part of visit scholar program. ONUCH, O (2008) Crisis Based Social Movements in Easter Europe: Comparing the role of the two ‘Poras’ in the Ukrainian “Orange Revolution”(2004) Presented at the 2008 ECPR Conference Barcelona Panel: 269 Grassroots Mobilizations in Central and Eastern Europe ONUCH, O. (2008) Transition versus Consolidation: A Theoretical Argument and Intra Regional Comparison of Social Movements in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Presented at the 2008 ECPR Conference Barcelona, Panel: 281 Democracy and Democratisation ONUCH, O (2008) The Two PORAs: How little we Know About the Role of Social Movements and Mobilization in Post Communist Democratizing States. Presented at the WARSAW EAST EUROPEAN CONFERENCE 5th Annual Session, 15-18 July, 2008. ONUCH, O (2008) Comparing Crisis Based Social Movements in the East and South: Comparing the Role of the two ‘Poras’ in the Ukrainian “Orange Revolution”(2004) to the ‘Piqueteros’ in the Argentine “Argentinazo”(2001). Presented at the June 26-28th Kyiv Ukraine, 2008 Annual Ukrainian Studies International Congress. ONUCH, O (2008) What is the Ukrainian Orange Revolution: Moment or Movement? Presented at the June 26-28th Kyiv Ukraine, 2008 Annual Ukrainian Studies International Congress. Academic Events: 'EU- Ukraine: Members or Neighbours' NaUKMa, Kyiv, Ukraine November 14th 2008: Conference Co-Chair 'EU- Ukraine: Members or Neighbours' St. Antony's College, Oxford University, Oxford June 14th 2008: Conference Co-Chair 'International Development Conference' Queen's University, Kingston, Canada: Conference Founder
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