THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE “COLOR REVOLUTIONS” PHENOMENON

The article is devoted to theoretical questions of sociological analysis of problems connected with dismantling political regimes and change of ruling elites in contemporary states (both authoritative, and democratic type) by means of social and humanitarian technologies under the name “color revolutions”. Though the phenomenon of “color revolutions” has been in the center of attention of both domestic and foreign sociologists and political scientists for more than ten years, the uniform synthetic theory in this area has not been developed yet. “Velvet revolutions” in the socialist camp, “color revolutions” in the post Soviet Union area, events of “the Arab spring” and many other phenomena of the last three decades had more than once forced the academic community to reinterpret the subject of revolutions. The analysis shows that “color revolutions” represent social and humanitarian technologies which provide formation and regulation from the outside of protest the potential of the population in combination with political, economic and other non-military measures to influence interstate stability. Similar technologies are widely applied by the USA and their allies to those states in which they have strategic interests. Thus ultimate goals of “color revolutions” are to establish control over resource base of development of a certain society and to resolve own geopolitical tasks of weakening rival states. The author’s approach of the sociological analysis of the considered phenomenon is developed taking into account the features of modern technologies of delegitimization of power their accurate orientation against well before known weak points of a specific state. Therefore the article formulates a sociological concept of assessment of modern revolutionary potential in five spheres of functioning of society: economic, political, social, spiritual and military safety. In each of the listed spheres it is necessary to investigate the variables characterizing stability of functioning of basic social institutes of society. Proceeding from it, the level of vulnerability of society can be defined by the development of national economy, socio-political stability of society, features of valuable and standard system of national culture which determine the level and way of life of the population, the degree of legitimacy of political system in the view of wide social groups of population. In this context the modern sociological science has theoretical and sciencebased practical tools to gain objective knowledge of social reasons, dynamics, consequences and technologies of implementation of “color revolutions” in modern society to estimate their social risks for Russia.

sociological analysis, “color revolutions”, social protest, civil disobedience, safety, vulnerability of societal systems

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