1st Edition

The Donbas Conflict in Ukraine Elites, Protest, and Partition

By Daria Platonova Copyright 2022
284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines why, when the conflict in eastern Ukraine began in 2014, fighting broke out in the Donets’k region, whereas it did not in Kharkiv city, despite the city, like the Donets’k region, being geographically proximate to Russia and similar in ethnic and linguistic make up. Based on extensive original research, the book argues that a key factor was the nature and behaviour of local... Read more

Introduction 1. Explaining the Donbas conflict 2. Tools of Trade: The Methodology 3. Protest and Violence in Kharkiv and Donets’k, 2002 – 2014 4. Elites and Regional Patronage 5. Elites and Protest in Kharkiv and Donets’k, 2013 – 2014 Conclusion

Biography

Daria Platonova is a Researcher at King’s College London.