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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463989803321

Autore

Katchanovski Ivan

Titolo

Cleft countries : regional political divisions and cultures in post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova / / Ivan Katchanovski ; with a foreword by Francis Fukuyama

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart : , : Ibidem Verlag, , 2012

ISBN

3-8382-5558-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; ; 33

Disciplina

306.209477

Soggetti

Regionalism - Ukraine

Regionalism - Moldova

Political culture - Ukraine

Political culture - Moldova

Elections - Ukraine

Elections - Moldova

Electronic books.

Ukraine Politics and government 1991-

Moldova Politics and government 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Tables, Figures and Pictures""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Cleft countries: A theoretical and comparative framework""; ""2.1 Theoretical framework""; ""2.2 Historical legacies and regional divisions in a comparative framework""; ""3 Regional political divisions in post-Communist Ukraine and Moldova""; ""3.1 Party vote""; ""3.2 Presidential elections""; ""3.3 Separatism in Transdniestria""; ""3.4 Separatism in Gagauzia (Gagauz Yeri)""; ""3.5 Separatism in Crimea""; ""3.6 Separatism in Donbas and neighboring regions""

""3.7 Referendums: Regional patterns""""3.8 Surveys of public opinion: regional patterns""; ""3.9 Attitudes towards privatization and market reform""; ""4 Evolution of regional political cultures in Ukraine and Moldova""; ""4.1 Historical legacies of the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy""; ""4.2 Historical experience of Ukrainian



and Moldovan regions in the Soviet Union and East-Central European countries during the period between the two world wars""; ""4.3 Post-war Soviet legacy in Ukrainian and Moldovan regions""

""4.4 Religion and historical legacies in Ukraine and Moldova""""5 Culture, ethnicity, economy, and political leadership""; ""5.1 Ethnicity and language""; ""5.2 Economic factors""; ""5.3 Political leadership factors""; ""5.4 Comparison of regional culture with other factors""; ""6 Conclusion""; ""Appendices""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

During the ""Orange Revolution"" in Ukraine, the second largest country in Europe came close to a violent break-up similar to that in neighboring Moldova, which witnessed a violent secession of the Transdniestria region. Numerous elections, including the hotly contested 2004 presidential elections in Ukraine, and surveys of public opinion showed significant regional divisions in these post-Soviet countries. Western parts of Ukraine and Moldova, as well as the Muslim Crimean Tatars, were vocal supporters of independence, nationalist, and pro-Western parties and politicians. In contrast, Eastern