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



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Autore: Katchanovski Ivan Visualizza persona
Titolo: Cleft countries : regional political divisions and cultures in post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova / / Ivan Katchanovski ; with a foreword by Francis Fukuyama Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Stuttgart : , : Ibidem Verlag, , 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
Disciplina: 306.209477
Soggetto topico: Regionalism - Ukraine
Regionalism - Moldova
Political culture - Ukraine
Political culture - Moldova
Elections - Ukraine
Elections - Moldova
Soggetto geografico: Ukraine Politics and government 1991-2014
Moldova Politics and government 1991-
Persona (resp. second.): FukuyamaFrancis
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
Titolo autorizzato: Cleft countries  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-8382-5558-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814564803321
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Serie: Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; ; 33.