04188nam 2200697 450 991081456480332120231129202716.03-8382-5558-5(CKB)2670000000547956(EBL)3029515(SSID)ssj0001467271(PQKBManifestationID)11794919(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001467271(PQKBWorkID)11517473(PQKB)11139719(MiAaPQ)EBC5782137(Au-PeEL)EBL5782137(OCoLC)903954682(EXLCZ)99267000000054795620190619d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCleft countries regional political divisions and cultures in post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova /Ivan Katchanovski ; with a foreword by Francis FukuyamaStuttgart :Ibidem Verlag,2012.1 online resource (296 p.)Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ;33Description based upon print version of record.3-89821-558-X Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-272) and index.""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""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, EasternSoviet and post-Soviet politics and society ;33.RegionalismUkraineRegionalismMoldovaPolitical cultureUkrainePolitical cultureMoldovaElectionsUkraineElectionsMoldovaUkrainePolitics and government1991-2014MoldovaPolitics and government1991-RegionalismRegionalismPolitical culturePolitical cultureElectionsElections306.209477Katchanovski Ivan719833Fukuyama FrancisMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814564803321Cleft countries1398027UNINA