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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.
List of contents
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.
About the author
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.
