Format:
121 Seiten
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Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:
9780367199807
Series Statement:
Europa country perspectives
Uniform Title:
Ukraine zwischen Ost und West
Content:
"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?"--
Note:
"Based on a text originally published in Switzerland as: 'Ukraine zwischen Ost und West,' by Ulrich Schmid © Ulrich Schmid, 2015, Vontobel-Stiftung."
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780429244506
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Schmid, Ulrich, 1965- Ukraine Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2019
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Schmid, Ulrich, 1965 - Ukraine London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 ISBN 9780429244506
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0429244509
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780429534713
Additional Edition:
ISBN 042953471X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780429521249
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ISBN 0429521243
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780429549410
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0429549415
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Ukraine
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Nationalbewusstsein
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Politische Identität
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Europäische Union
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Geschichte 1850-2020
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Ukraine
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Geschichte
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Russisch-Ukrainischer Krieg
Author information:
Schmid, Ulrich 1965-
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