Transnational Ukraine? Networks and Ties that Influence(d) Contemporary Ukraine Timm Beichelt, Susann Worschech, Andreas Umland, Timm Beichelt, Susann Worschech, Andre Härtel, Mikhail Minakov, Yuliya Yurchuk, Alexander Clarkson, Andriy Korniychuk, Magdalena Patalong, Richard Steinberg, Heiko Pleines, Susanne Spahn, Simon Schlegel, Mascha Brammer, Veronika Borysenko, Jonas Eichhorn

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beichelt, Timm, Editor.

Worschech, Susann, Editor.

Umland, Andreas, Editor.

Beichelt, Timm, Contributor.

Worschech, Susann, Contributor.

Härtel, André, Contributor.

Minakov, Mikhail, Contributor.

Yurchuk, Yuliya, Contributor.

Clarkson, Alexander, Contributor.

Korniychuk, Andriy, Contributor.

Patalong, Magdalena, Contributor.

Steinberg, Richard, Contributor.

Pleines, Heiko, Contributor.

Spahn, Susanne, Contributor.

Schlegel, Simon, Contributor.

Brammer, Mascha, Contributor.

Borysenko, Veronika, Contributor.

Eichhorn, Jonas, Contributor.

Series:

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; Volume 159.

Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ukraine.

Transnational.

Networks.

Local Subjects:

Ukraine.

Transnational.

Networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2017

Biography/History:

Andreas Umland, M.Phil. (Oxford), Dr.Phil. (FU Berlin), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm, Senior Expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future in Kyiv, and Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Timm Beichelt is Professor of European Studies at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. His work concentrates on European Union political developments, German politics, and the development of political regimes in Central and Eastern Europe. Susann Worschech is a Post-Doc Research Associate at the Chair of European Studies at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. Her work focuses on civil society, protest movements and democratization processes in Eastern Europe, social network analysis, and transnational interaction.

Summary:

The Euromaidan protests highlighted Ukraine as a state between East and West European pathways. It became obvious that Ukraine’s search for identity and future is deeply rooted in historical fragmentations of the country which indicate Ukraine’s long-standing and multiple ties beyond its borders. In this volume, distinguished scholars provide empirical analysis and theoretical reflections on Ukraine’s transnational embeddedness which surfaced with an unexpected intensity in the recent political conflict. The contributions focus on such phenomena as the role of international media and of diaspora communities in the Euromaidan’s aftermath, on the transnational roots of memories and the search for collective identity, and on transnational linkages of elites within Ukrainian political and economic regimes. The anthology demonstrates the theoretical and analytical value of the concept of transnationalism for studying the ambivalent processes of post-Soviet modernization.

“The edited volume will be of great interest to scholars, practitioners, policymakers and students engaging with Europe, Ukraine and border studies. This anthology is also of relevance for individuals who are interested in making sense of the Euromaidan aftermath, East Ukrainian separatism, the ambivalent processes of post-Soviet transformations and modern Ukraine in general.”—Europe-Asia Studies, 71:8 (2019)

Contents:

Acknowledgements

List of contributors

Introduction

Transnational networks in and around Ukraine : theories and practices / Timm Beichelt and Susann Worschech

The "novorossiya" project and national affiliations in Ukraine's Southeast : a failed attempt at transnational community reconstruction? / André Härtel

Symbolic transnationalism

Novorossiya and the transnationalism of unrecognized Post-Soviet nations / Mikhail Minakov

Global symbols and local meanings : the "day of victory" after euromaidan / Yuliya Yurchuk

Practice-related transnationalism

Coming to terms with Odessa Ukraine : the impact of the maidan uprising on the Ukrainian diaspora / Alexander Clarkson

The influence of protest movements on the development of diasporic engagement : the case of euromaidan and its impact for the Ukrainian diaspora in Poland and Germany / Andriy Korniychuk, Magdalena Patalong and Richard Steinberg

Socio-structural transnationalism

The international links of Ukrainian Oligarchs : business expansion and transnational offshore networks / Heiko Pleines

Ukraine in the Russian mass media : Germany as an example of Russian information policy / Susanne Spahn

Ukrainian nation building and ethnic minority associations : the case of Southern Bessarabia / Simon Schlegel

The transnational "Neo-Eurasian" network and its preparation of separatism in Ukraine 2005-2014 / Veronika Borysenko, Mascha Brammer and Jonas Eichhorn

Conclusion

Ukraine and beyond : concluding remarks on transnationalism / Susann Worschech and Timm Beichelt.

Notes:

International conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783838209449

3838209443

Publisher Number:

9783838269443