Ukraine: Democratization, Corruption, And The New Russian Imperialism (Praeger Security International)

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. 9781440835025 1440835020 0 Political Science NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=-tHCEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: Taras Kuzio
• • Publisher: Praeger
• • Publication Date: Jun 23, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 640 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1440835020
• • ISBN-13: 9781440835025