文档介绍：UKRAINE
The collapse of the Soviet Union has left many of its former states
struggling to forge new political nations out of the legacy of
communist rule. Ukraine is no exception and its transition to
independent state led many in the West to predict its collapse into
ethnic conflict.
Taras Kuzio focuses on post-Soviet developments in Ukraine,
analysing the role of nationalism in the forging of a new political
nation out of the inherited quasi-state of the former Soviet Union.
He examines the new elites of Ukraine, their views and role in the
state and nation building project. He also explores other important
aspects of the transition to an independent state such as borders,
symbols, myths and national histories.
Ukraine uses primary sources and interviews with leading
members of Ukrainian elites to survey the ongoing debates
surrounding the transformation of Ukraine into an independent
state. It pares the Ukrainian experience with that of other
emerging nations within a theoretical framework. The study finds
that the threat of ethnic conflict and separatism has been
exaggerated and that Ukraine can build an inclusive political nation
based upon civic and ethnic Ukrainian attributes.
Taras Kuzio is Research Fellow of the Centre for Russian and East
European Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.
ROUTLEDGE STUDIES OF
SOCIETIES IN TRANSITION
1 THE ECONOMICS OF SOVIET BREAK-UP
Bert van Selm
2 INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
Poland’s plete transition
Edited by Jan Winiecki
3 THE POLISH SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
Revolution, democracy and natural rights
Arista Maria Cirtautas
4 SURVIVING POST-SOCIALISM
Local strategies and regional responses in Eastern Europe
and the former Soviet Union
Edited by Sue Bridger and Frances Pine
5 LAND REFORM IN THE FORMER SOVIET
UNION AND EASTERN EUROPE
Edited by Stephen Wegren
6 FINANCIAL REFORMS IN EAST EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES
A policy model for Poland
Kanhaya