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1 online resource |
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Europa country perspectives |
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Europa country perspectives.
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| Summary |
"Prior to the dramatic events of 2014 and the increase in international attention, Ukraine was often considered to be a Russian backwater with unrealistic aspirations of independence or full sovereignty. This book challenges the common view that Ukraine is a country split between a pro-European West and a pro-Russian East. The volume navigates the complicated cultural history of Ukraine and highlights the importance of regional traditions for an understanding of the current political situation. A key feature is the different politics of memory that prevail in each region, such as the Soviet past being presented as either a foreign occupation of a benign socialist project. The pluralistic culture of Ukraine (in terms of languages, national legacies and religions) forms a nation that faces both internal and external challenges. In order to address this fully, rather than following a merely chronological order, this book examines different interpretations of Ukrainian nationhood that have been especially influential, such as the Russia tradition, the Habsburg past and the Polish connections. Finally, the book analyses Ukraine's political and economic options for the future. Can the desired integration into EU structures overcome the concentration of investment of power in the hands of a few oligarchs and a continuing widespread culture of corruption? Will proposals to join NATO, which garnered robust support among the populace in the aftermath of the Russian aggression, materialise under the current circumstances? Is the political culture in Ukraine sufficiently functional to guarantee democratic procedures and the rule of law?"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
"Based on a text originally published in Switzerland as: 'Ukraine zwischen Ost und West, ' by Ulrich Schmid © Ulrich Schmid, 2015, Vontobel-Stiftung." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English; translated from German |
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Ulrich Schmid is Professor of Russian Studies at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland. His research interests include nationalism, popular culture and media in Eastern Europe. He studied German and Slavic literature at the Universities of Zürich, Heidelberg, and Leningrad. He has held academic positions in Basel, Bern, Bochum, and was a visiting researcher at Harvard University, in Warsaw, and in Oslo. His publications include Regionalism without Regions: Reconceptualizing Ukraine's Heterogeneity (ed. 2019); De Profundis: On the Failure of the Russian Revolution (ed. 2017); Technologies of the Soul: The Production of Truth in Contemporary Russian Culture (2015); Sword, Eagle and Cross: The Aesthetics of the Nationalist Discourse in Interwar Poland (ed. 2013) and Tolstoi as a Theological Thinker and Critic of the Church (ed. 2013) |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 03, 2019) |
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European Union -- Ukraine -- Membership
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European Union -- Membership.
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| SUBJECT |
European Union fast |
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Nationalism -- Ukraine
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Cultural pluralism -- Ukraine
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civics & Citizenship.
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Cultural pluralism
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Membership requirements
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Nationalism
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Politics and government
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Ukraine -- Politics and government -- 1991-2014
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| Subject |
Ukraine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sellars, Roy, translator
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| LC no. |
2019029353 |
| ISBN |
0429244509 |
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9780429534713 |
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042953471X |
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9780429521249 |
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0429521243 |
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9780429549410 |
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0429549415 |
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9780429244506 |
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