Ukraine after the Euromaidan: Challenges and Hopes

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Ukraine’s protest movement of 2013–14, known as the Euromaidan, and its culmination, the people’s uprising in late 2013–early 2014 became one of the most dramatic world events in recent years. The accession of Crimea to the Russian Federation and military conflict in the Donbas demonstrate that the dramatic dynamics of the country’s ongoing transformation are still far from predictable. This book examines the manifold aspects of Ukraine’s current crisis and its political upheaval. The contributors to the book, Ukrainian experts in a variety of disciplinary fields, explore social, political and cultural reasons and factors behind the country’s transformation in its national and regional dimensions, the impact of Ukraine’s revolution on European and global politics, and also the new challenges of tough reforms with which the country is faced. The contributors share the view that the Euromaidan brought new opportunities for Ukraine’s modern development and the greatest historical chance for the country’s European future since independence in 1991. Cover Contents Acknowledgements Ukraine’s Revolution: The National Historical Context and the New Challenges for the Country and the World (Viktor Stepanenko and Yaroslav Pylynskyi) The Structure of this Book References Part I. The Euromaidan and Ukraine’s Revolution: Politics, Democracy and Civil Society Ukraine’s Revolution as De-Institutionalisation of the Post-Soviet Order (Viktor Stepanenko) Institutional Traps of the Old Order Heritage What was Wrong and Why the Maidan? The Maidan as an Institution of a New Type The Transformation of the Maidan The Maidan as the Ideal Civic Community? References Ukraine’s Third Attempt (Mykola Riabchuk and Andrej N. Lushnycky) References The Ukrainian “Eurorevolution”: Dynamics and Meaning (Andriy Portnov and Tetiana Portnova) The Initial Spontaneous Protests The Failed Storming of the Maidan The Anti-Maidan Pressure from Russia The Organisation and Content of the Maidan Repressive Legislation and the Outbreak of Violence The First Deaths and the Regional Expansion of the Protests Unsuccessful Negotiations Death of the “Heavenly Hundred” and the President’s Flight Conclusion References Before and After the Euromaidan: Ukraine Between the European Choice and the Russian Factor (Petro Burkovskyi and Olexiy Haran) Maidan vs. Anti-Maidan: How Ruling Elites Used Pro-Russian Sentiments to Fight Against Pro-European Protesters How Russian Aggression Destroyed Support for “Russkiy Mir” in Ukraine The Revolution of Dignity in the Context of Theory of Social Revolutions (Yuriy Shveda) Revolution or Munity? The Upper-strata Can’t, the Lower-strata Don’t Want Reasons for the Revolutionary Crisis How the Spark Became a Flame The Waves of Revolution and Democratization “Fueling Material” of the Revolution The Success and Completeness of Revolutions References Part II. Ukraine’s Revolutionary Challenges in the European and the Global Contexts The Ukrainian Revolution in International Context (Sergiy Fedunyak) The Post-bipolar International System Regional Impact The Consequences for the Architecture of International Security The Challenge Facing the USA References The Beginning of Ukraine and the End of the Post-bipolar World (Sergiy Glebov) Six Arguments to Debate Conclusion References Is Neutrality a Solution for Ukraine’s Security? (Iryna Maksymenko) National Security in the Context of Integration Efforts References Part III. Social Economic, Legislative and Humanitarian Issues of the Reforms Ukraine’s Economy: Current Challenges (Olexander Baranovskyi) References The Issue of Power Decentralisation in the Context of Constitutional Reform in Ukraine (Olexander Kopylenko and Olexander Kostylyev) References The “Endless Story” of Local Self-Government Reform: Before the Post-Maidan Challenges (Valentyn Malynovskyi) References Ukraine’s Migration and Demographic Situation in the Context of Foreign Intervention (Olexiy Pozniak) References Part IV. Regional and Ethno-Cultural Dimensions of the Ukraine’s Transformation The Maidan and Post-Maidan Ukraine: Public Attitudes in Regional Dimensions (Olexander Vyshniak) The Historical Background to Political and Socio-cultural Differentiation in Ukraine Post-Maidan Changes in the Ukrainian Regions Annexation of the Crimea: Public Perception in Different Regions of Ukraine The Only Unitary Country and Rejection of the Idea of ​​Federalization Armed Conflict in the Donbas: Assessments of Citizens in Different Regions Instead of a Conclusion: Do the Ideas of ​​Federalization and of Separatism Have their own Foundation in Ukraine? References Public Opinion in the Donbas and Halychyna on the Ukraine’s Upheavals of Winter 2013–Summer 2014 (Ilya Kononov and Svitlana Khobta) References Crimean Tatars’ National Institutes under the Occupation: The Case of the Muftiyat of Crimea (Sergiy Danylov) References The Donbas: An Uprising of the People or a Putsch by Slaveholders? (Sergiy Klymovskyi) References Part V. Language, Media and Culture under Transformation The Problem of Bilingualism in Ukraine: The Historical and International Context (Yaroslav Pylynskyi) References Consequences of the Maidan: War of Symbols, Real War and Nation Building (Olexander Shulga) Conclusion References Vocabularies of Colliding Realities: A Representation of Conflict and War in the Ukrainian Media (Lyudmyla Pavlyuk) Vocabularies of Colliding Realities: A Representation of Conflict and War in the Ukrainian Media Branding the War: From “Hybrid,” “Informational,” “Organizational” to “Full Scale Aggression” “Terrorists” vs “Rebels”: Horror-tales from the Terrorland Federalization – Autonomy – Annexation: Federalism for Whom? Measuring the Scale of the War: Local, National, Global 1) So, is it a civil war? If not – why not? If it is – in what sense? 2) Russian–Ukrainian Interstate War 3) “War Against The West” References Art and Revolution: Kyiv Maidan of 2013–2014 (Natalia Moussienko) Conclusions References Notes on Contributors