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Cleft countries : regional political divisions and cultures in post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova /

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 pres...

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Main Author: Katchanovski, Ivan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stuttgart, Germany : Ibidem-Verlag, 2014.
Subjects:
Regionalism > Ukraine.
Regionalism > Moldova.
Political culture > Ukraine.
Political culture > Moldova.
Elections > Ukraine.
Elections > Moldova.
Ukraine > Politics and government > 1991-2014.
Moldova > Politics and government > 1991-
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9783838255583
3838255585
ISSN:1614-3515 ;
1614-3515
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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 patterns3.8 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 Moldova5 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

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