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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Other Authors: Bachmann, Klaus, 1963- (Editor), Lyubashenko, Igor, 1983- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Studies in political transition ; v. 4.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (525 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783653046502 (e-book)
ISSN:2191-3307 ;