Einführung / Editorial

Aufsätze / Articles

Stanislav Balik, Jan Holzer, Lubomir Kopecek
Czechoslovakia in 1989 - A case of successful transition

Simon Tordjman
"Surfing the wave" - Civil society development and colour revolutions

Marlene Spoerri
Uniting the opposition in the run-up to electoral revolution - Lessons from Serbia 1990-2000

Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Abel Polese
American boots and Russian vodka - External factors in the colour revolutions of Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan

Gerhard Besier
Totalitarianism as a "political chameleon" in a time of transition - The analysis of Sigmund Neumann (1904-1962)

Buchbesprechungen / Book Reviews

Kathleen Collins, Clan Politics and Regime Transition in Central Asia (Rico Isaacs)

Zurab Karumidze / James V. Wertsch (Eds.), "Enough!" The Rose Revolution in the Republic of Georgia 2003 (Christoph H. Stefes)

Adeeb Khalid, Islam after Communism, Religion and Politics in Central Asia (Rob Kevlihan)

Askold Krusheknycky, An Orange Revolution. A Personal Journey through Ukrainian History (Sergiu Gherghina)

Richard Pipes, Russian Conservatism and Its Critics. A Study in Political Culture (Aldiyar Autalipov)

Vorschau / Preview – Rückschau / Review