Cleft Countries - Regional Political Divisions and Cultures in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova / / Ivan Katchanovski, Francis Fukuyama, Andreas Umland

• Autore: Katchanovski Ivan
• Pubblicazione: Hannover, : ibidem, 2014
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• 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; UmlandAndreas
• 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 regions, as well as the Orthodox Turkic-speaking Gagauz, consistently expressed pro-Russian and pro-Communist political orientations. Which factors – historical legacies, religion, economy, ethnicity, or political leadership – could explain these divisions? Why was Ukraine able to avoid a violent break-up, in contrast to Moldova? This is the first book to offer a systematic and comparative analysis of the regional political divisions in post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova. The study examines voting behavior and political attitudes in two groups of regions: those which were under Russian, Ottoman, and Soviet rule; and those which were under Austro-Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, and Czechoslovak rule until World War I or World War II. This book attributes the regional political divisions to the differences in historical experience. This study helps us to better understand regional cleavages and conflicts, not only in Ukraine and Moldova, but also in other cleft countries.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cleft countries
• ISBN: 9783838255583; 3838255585
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910962770803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; ; 33.