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UKRAINE ON ITS MEANDERING PATH BETWEEN EAST AND WEST

Andrej N. Lushnycky / Mykola Riabchuk (eds)

Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien,
2009. 210 pp.
Interdisciplinary Studies on Central and Eastern Europe. Vol. 4
Edited by Rolf Fieguth and Nicolas Hayoz

The last five years have proven to be quite tumultuous for Ukraine.
The Orange Revolution, as witnessed around the world, sought to
overthrow the ancien régime and to replace it with younger, more
democratic leaders. At the same time it was a declaration that Ukraine
was truly a European nation that duly embraced the democratic values
of the west. However, disappointment soon replaced the euphoria of the
victory. This volume attempts to show the elements of change and
conflict that have arisen since the Orange Revolution and to explain
some of Ukraine?s challenges today on its meandering path between East
and West.


Contents: Andrej N. Lushnycky/Mykola Riabchuk: Foreword

Mykola Riabchuk:
Agony of a «Blackmail State»: Rise and (Possible) Fall of Post-Soviet
Semi-Authoritarian Regimes

Nicole Gallina:
Ukraine Knocking at the Door? The EU-Ukraine Relationship after the
Orange Revolution

Marta Dyczok:
Media in Ukraine: Between Revolution and Election (2004-2006)

Olexiy Haran/Petro Burkovsky:
In the Aftermath of the Revolution: From
Orange Victory to Sharing the Power with Opponents

Mychailo Wynnyckyj:
Ukraine 2006-7: Building Elite Consensus Through Conflict

Tammy Lynch:
Ukraine's Post-Orange Evolution

James Sherr:
Whither the Russian Factor?

Mark Andryczyk:
New Images of the Intellectual in Post-Soviet Ukrainian Literature.

The Editors: Andrej N. Lushnycky is a senior associate of the
Interdisciplinary Institute of Eastern and Central Europe as well as
the director of the American College Program at the University of
Fribourg (Switzerland). He is the co-editor of the volume Ukraine at a
Crossroads. His research interests include contemporary Ukrainian
history, culture and Diaspora studies, and comparative pedagogics. In
addition, he is the president of the Ukrainian Society of Switzerland.

Mykola Riabchuk is a research associate at the Ukrainian Centre for
Cultural Studies in Kyiv and a co-founder and co-editor of the monthly
Krytyka. His sphere of interests includes problems of national
identity and nationalism, post-communist transition, post-colonialism,
civil society and state/nation building. He penned seven books
translated into a number of languages including German and French.





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