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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Kuzio, Taras (1958-....)
Titre(s) : Ukraine [Texte imprimé] : democratization, corruption, and the new Russian imperialism / Taras Kuzio
Publication : Santa Barbara (Calif.) : Praeger security international,, cop. 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXV-611 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Comprend : Introduction : seven cycles of Ukrainian history, borders and identities ; Ukraine between Joseph Stalin and Mikhail Gorbachev (1953-1991) ; Independent Ukraine under two Leonids (1991-2004) ; Independent Ukraine between two Viktors (2004-2014) ; Ukrainian dissent, opposition and religion in the USSR ; Politics and parties in independent Ukraine ; Nationality policies in Soviet Ukraine ; Nationality policies, regionalism, and the Crimea in Ukraine ; Economy and energy ; The rule of law and corruption ; Ukrainian oligarchs : the gas lobby, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk ; Foreign policy ; Military and security policy ; Epilogue : history is not destiny.
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
"A definitive contemporary political, economic, and cultural history from a leading
international expert, this is the first single-volume work to survey and analyze Soviet
and post-Soviet Ukrainian history since 1953 as the basis for understanding the nation
today. Ukraine dominated international headlines as the Euromaidan protests engulfed
Ukraine in 2013-2014 and Russia invaded the Crimea and the Donbas, igniting a new
Cold War. Written from an insider's perspective by the leading expert on Ukraine,
this book analyzes key domestic and external developments and provides an understanding
as to why the nation's future is central to European security. In contrast with traditional
books that survey a millennium of Ukrainian history, author Taras Kuzio provides a
contemporary perspective that integrates the late Soviet and post-Soviet eras. The
book begins in 1953 when Soviet leader Joseph Stalin died during the Cold War and
carries the story to the present day, showing the roots of a complicated transition
from communism and the weight of history on its relations with Russia. It then goes
on to examine in depth key aspects of Soviet and post-Soviet Ukrainian politics; the
drive to independence, Orange Revolution, and Euromaidan protests; national identity;
regionalism and separatism; economics; oligarchs; rule of law and corruption; and
foreign and military policies. Moving away from a traditional dichotomy of "good pro-Western"
and "bad pro-Russian" politicians, this volume presents an original framework for
understanding Ukraine's history as a series of historic cycles that represent a competition
between mutually exclusive and multiple identities. Regionally diverse contemporary
Ukraine is an outgrowth of multiple historical Austrian-Hungarian, Polish, Russian,
and especially Soviet legacies, and the book succinctly integrates these influences
with post-Soviet Ukraine, determining the manner in which political and business elites
and everyday Ukrainians think, act, operate, and relate to the outside world." --
Publisher's description
Sujet(s) : Démocratisation -- Ukraine
Corruption politique -- Ukraine
Relations extérieures -- Russie -- Ukraine
Relations extérieures -- Ukraine -- Russie
Politique et gouvernement -- Ukraine -- 1945-1991
Politique et gouvernement -- Ukraine -- 1991-....
Indice(s) Dewey : 320.947 7 (23e éd.) = Situation et conditions politiques - Ukraine
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781440835025 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44504462h
Notice n° :
FRBNF44504462
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