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Crises in the Post‐Soviet Space: From the dissolution of the Soviet Union to the conflict in Ukraine book cover

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Crises in the Post‐Soviet Space From the dissolution of the Soviet Union to the conflict in Ukraine

Edited By Felix Jaitner, Tina Olteanu, Tobias Spöri Copyright 2018
290 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The breakup of the Soviet Union led to the creation of new states and territorial conflicts of different levels of intensity. Scrutinising the post‐Soviet period, this volume offers explanations for both the frequency and the intensity of crises in the region. This book argues that the societies which emerged in the post-Soviet space share characteristic features, and that the instability and... Read more
Introduction

  1. Crises in the Post-Soviet Space – From the Dissolution of the Soviet Union to an Area of ‘Intersecting Crises Phenomena’?

    2. Felix Jaitner, Tina Olteanu, Tobias Spöri

    PART I Mapping post-Soviet Crises

  2. The dissolution of the Soviet Union and its consequences

    3. Dieter Segert

  3. Divergent Social and Economic Consequences of Transformation in Post-communist States

    4. David Lane

  4. Divergent Political-Economic Trajectories: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus

    5. Joachim Becker

    PART II Crises of Belongings

    1. Creating the History of the Future: Russian Historical Memory in the Era of the Ukrainian Crisis

      2. Victor Apryshchenko

    2. Ukraine: The Dynamics of Cross-Cutting Cleavages During Quadruple Transition

      3. Olena Podolian and Valentyna Romanova

    3. Ethnic Divides in the Baltic States: Political Orientations after the Russian–Ukrainian Crisis

      4. Joakim Ekman and Kjetil Duvold

    4. 'Stability's End: The Political Economy of Russia's Intersecting Crises Since 2009

      5. Ilya Matveev

    5. The making of Ukraine’s multilevel crisis: transnational capitalism, neoliberal kleptocrats, and dispossession

      6. Yuliya Yurchenko

    6. Ukraine’s Frozen Transformation. State Capture, Nationalising Policies and Shifting Geopolitics

      7. Klaus Müller

    7. "Decline of the Demos: Latvia, the Face of New Europe and Austerity’s Return"

      8. Jeffrey Sommers

      PART IV Crises of Political Power

    8. Chechnya: A Study of a Post-Soviet Conflict

      9. Emil Aslan Souleimanov, Jasper Schwampe and Sofie Bedford

    9. Azerbaijan between Post-Socialist Crisis and Fragile Stability

      10. Hannes Meissner

    10. Kazakhstan’s political and economic development and the role of the ruling elites

      11. Julia Kusznir

    11. Conclusion: The Ukraine conflict as a result of post-Soviet crises development

    Felix Jaitner, Tina Olteanu, Tobias Spöri

     

    Biography



    Tina Olteanu is a Professor of Political Science at the Department for Political Science at the University of Vienna, Austria. Her research interests are democracy and democratization, participation and corruption research mainly in Eastern Europe but also in a European comparative perspective.



    Felix Jaitner is a doctoral student at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna. His research is focused on uneven and peripheral development, the transformation process in Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space and state theory.





    Tobias Spöri is a PhD candidate at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna. His research deals with political participation, the legacy of state socialism and the transformation of post-socialist Europe since 1989/1991.

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