1st Edition

Democratic Revolution in Ukraine From Kuchmagate to Orange Revolution

Edited By Taras Kuzio Copyright 2009
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

In 2000 a beheaded journalist was found in a remote forest near Kyiv. The corpse led to a scandal when it was revealed that it was that of a journalist critical of the authorities. The President was heard on tapes, made covertly in his office, ordering violence to be undertaken against the journalist. The scandal led to the creation of a wide protest movement that culminated in the victory of... Read more

1. Introduction Taras Kuzio  2. Ethnic Tensions and State Strategies: Understanding the Survival of the Ukrainian State Paul D’Anieri  3. Oligarchs, Tapes and Oranges: ‘Kuchmagate’ to the Orange Revolution Taras Kuzio  4. State Institutions, Political Context and Parliamentary Election Legislation in Ukraine, 2000–2006 Erik S. Herron  5. Revolutionary Bargain: The Unmaking of Ukraine’s Autocracy through Pacting Serhiy Kudelia  6. Patriotism, Order and Articulations of the Nation in Kyiv High Schools: Before and After the Orange Revolution Anna Fournier  7. Rock, Pop and Politics in Ukraine’s 2004 Presidential Campaign and Orange Revolution Bohdan Klid  8. Anti-Orange Discourses in Ukraine’s Internet: Before the Orange Split Olga Filippova  9. Gender and the Orange Revolution Alexandra Hrycak

Biography

Taras Kuzio currently teaches at the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa. He was a Visiting Professor at George Washington University, Adjunct Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian & East European Studies, University of Birmingham. In these posts, he has taught on contemporary Ukrainian politics, nationalism, democratic revolutions, European Union politics and Trans-Atlantic Security. He was also Head of Mission at the NATO Information Office in Kyiv.