The Maidan Uprising, separatism and foreign intervention: Ukraine's complex transition

"The current crisis in Ukraine has revealed a striking lack of background knowledge about Ukraine's history and politics among West European politicians, journalists, intellectuals and even many academics. In this book, experts from Poland, Ukraine, the US, Russia and Western Europe fill t...

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Weitere Verfasser: Bachmann, Klaus 1963- (HerausgeberIn), Lyubashenko, Igor 1983- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Frankfurt am Main ; New York Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften [2014]
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Studies in political transition volume 4
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Zusammenfassung:"The current crisis in Ukraine has revealed a striking lack of background knowledge about Ukraine's history and politics among West European politicians, journalists, intellectuals and even many academics. In this book, experts from Poland, Ukraine, the US, Russia and Western Europe fill the gap between an omnipresent and easily available narrative about Russia and a scarce, scattered knowledge about Ukraine. They show what history and political science can offer for a better understanding of the crisis and provide insights, which are based on reliable Ukrainian, Russian, Polish and Turkish sources and confidential interviews with key actors and advisors. Rather than offering easy answers, the authors present facts and knowledge, which enables the reader to make up his own informed opinion"--
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (525 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9783631654569
9783653046502