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The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 jeopardizes the country's independence and its chances for Western-style development. However, the heroic attitude of the Ukrainian people, combined with a solidifying national identity, makes the domestic foundations for a western turn stronger than ever. After the invasion, building strong foundations of liberal democracy will be a top priority. In addition to alleviating immediate problems, the country must also address its post-communist legacy and address the constraints of patronalism.
The authors of this edited volume, leading Ukrainian scholars supplemented by colleagues from Hungary, examine the chances of an anti-patronal transformation after the war. The book provides an overview of the development of Ukraine's political-economic system: color revolutions in 2004 and 2014 brought democratic transformation, but no change in the patronage system The result was patronal regime cycles instead of the emergence of a Western-type liberal democracy in the country. Building on the conceptual framework of the editors' The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes (CEU Press, 2020), the 12 chapters examine the impact of the war on patronal democracy, the relational economy, clientelist society, and the international environment in which Ukraine operates.
This collection is complemented by the book entitled Russia. Imperial Endeavor and Geopolitical Consequences.
List of contents
Chronology of Modern Ukraine (1922-2022), Preface
Henry E. Hale I. Ukraine's Patronal Democracy: Actors, Processes, and Social RootsUkrainian Regime Cycles and the Russian Invasion
Bálint Madlovics and Bálint MagyarPatronalism and Limited Access Social Order: The Case of Ukraine
Vladimir DubrovskiyContinuity and Change of the Social Contract in Ukraine: The Case of Contested Anti-Corruption Policies
Oksana HussRegime Cycles and Neopatrimonialism in Ukraine
Oleksandr Fisun, Uliana MovchanWar, De-oligarchization, and the Possibility of Anti-Patronal Transformation in Ukraine
Mikhail Minakov II. Oligarchic Structures and the War: A Chance for Anti-Patronal Transformation?Ukrainian Oligarchs: The War as a Challenge
Igor Burakovsky, Stanislav YukhymenkoUkraine's Energy Sovereignty in Time of War: Russia Lost Influence, but the Oligarchs Did Not
Dmytro TuzhanskyiThe Main Driving Forces of De-Patronalization in Ukraine: The Role of Ukrainian Business
Vladimir DubrovskiyUkraine's Criminal Ecosystem and the War: Ukrainian Organized Crime in 2022
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime - GI-TOC III. The Ukrainian Society: Anti-Patronal Changes in Identity and ActivismFrom Patronalism to Civic Belonging: The Changing Dynamics of the National-Civic Identity in Ukraine
Evgenii Golovakha, Kateryna Ivashchenko Stadnik, Oksana Mikheieva, Viktoryia SeredaThe Ukrainian Civil Volunteer Movement during Wartime (2014-2022)
Csilla FedinecUkraine's Religious Landscape: Between Repression and Pluralism
Denis Brylov, Tetiana KalenychenkoTransforming Patronal Democracy Bottom-Up: Two Logics of Local Governance in Ukraine
Oleksandra KeudelContributors, Index.
About the author
Bálint Madlovics (*1993) is a political scientist and economist. He is a junior research fellow at the CEU Democracy Institute. He holds MA in Political Science (2018) from Central European University in Budapest, and BA in Applied Economics (2016) from Corvinus University of Budapest
Bálint Magyar is Research Fellow at CEU Democracy Institute, working on the subject of patronalism in post-communist countries. He was a member of the Hungarian Parliament (1990-2010). As a Minister of Education (1996-1998; 2002-2006) he initiated and carried out reforms in public and higher education.
