Abstract
After its revival in the 1980s, the concept of civil society has become increasingly linked to the processes of democratization. Colour revolutions and the Arab Spring as recent examples of civic activity have made the idea even more topical, presenting a valuable opportunity for investigating this connection in modern contexts beyond the Western world. This paper looks at the role played by civil societies in the course of revolutions and their aftermath in Ukraine, Georgia, Tunisia and Egypt, assessing their contribution to the democratic transitions of post-Soviet and MENA regions. It does so by looking at civil society as an agent of democracy, in four countries before, during and after the revolutions.
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