Hanenkrat Kaley author Barnard College. Political Science (Barnard College) Giuliano Elise thesis advisor Barnard College. Political Science (Barnard College) Barnard College. Political Science (Barnard College) originator text Undergraduate theses 2011 English Over the course of the last decade, Eastern Europe and Central Asia have experienced similar non-violent, pro-democratic social movements led by Social Movement Organizations. In contrast, though, post-social movement states are not equally democratic today. In this essay, I analyze where the SMOs that led three of the Color Revolutions, Kmara, Pora, and Otpor, changed the course of democratization in Georgia, Ukraine, and Serbia, respectively. From this analysis, I conclude that the decision of SMO activists to actively engage with the newly established democratic regime as both opposition and as following a social movement is more beneficial for democratization than passively challenging and more feasible than other means. B.A., Barnard College. East European studies http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:11964 NNC NNC 2011-12-13 10:00:56 -0500 2011-12-13 10:08:27 -0500 5951 eng