The Donbas Conflict in Ukraine - Elites, Protest, and Partition

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 elites, with those in Kharkiv having diffuse ties to the centre and therefore being more capable of adapting to sudden, profound regime change at the centre, whereas the elites in the Donets'k region had much more concentrated ties to the centre, were dependent on one network, and therefore were much less able to cope with change. The book thereby demonstrates how crucial for Ukraine are patronal politics, patronage networks, and informal centre-region relations, and that it was these local political circumstances, rather than Russia, which brought about the conflict.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Daria Platonova
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781032101149
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3210114-9
• Pagine: 272
• Dimensioni: 158 mm x 242 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies; Print on demand
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Politics & government, Politics and government, Regional Geography