Post-Euromaidan Ukraine Domestic Power Struggles and War of National Survival in 2014–2022 Bohdan Harasymiw, Andreas Umland

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harasymiw, Bohdan, Author.

Contributor:

Umland, Andreas Dr, Editor.

Series:

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; Volume 267.

Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ukraine.

Post-Euromaidan.

War.

Krieg.

Petro Poroshenko.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Local Subjects:

Ukraine.

Post-Euromaidan.

War.

Krieg.

Petro Poroshenko.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2023

Biography/History:

Dr. Bohdan Harasymiw is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Calgary and formerly (2013-2016) coordinator of the Program on Contemporary Ukraine at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the University of Alberta. In 1980-1981, he was President of the Canadian Association of Slavists. His previous books include Leadership Selection and Patron-Client Relations in the USSR and Yugoslavia (with T.H. Rigby; Unwin Hyman 1983), Political Elite Recruitment in the Soviet Union (Palgrave Macmillan 1984), Soviet Communist Party Officials (Nova Science 1996), Post-Communist Ukraine (CIUS Press 2002), and Aspects of the Orange Revolution II (co-edited with O.S. Ilnytzkyj; ibidem-Verlag 2007). Harasymiw's articles have been published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Studies in Comparative Communism, Journal of Communist Studies, Canadian Slavonic Papers, American Review of Canadian Studies, Nationalities Papers as well as in other periodicals.

Dr. Bohdan Harasymiw is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Calgary and formerly (2013-2016) coordinator of the Program on Contemporary Ukraine at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the University of Alberta. In 1980-1981, he was President of the Canadian Association of Slavists. His previous books include Leadership Selection and Patron-Client Relations in the USSR and Yugoslavia (with T.H. Rigby; Unwin Hyman 1983), Political Elite Recruitment in the Soviet Union (Palgrave Macmillan 1984), Soviet Communist Party Officials (Nova Science 1996), Post-Communist Ukraine (CIUS Press 2002), and Aspects of the Orange Revolution II (co-edited with O.S. Ilnytzkyj; ibidem-Verlag 2007). Harasymiw's articles have been published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Studies in Comparative Communism, Journal of Communist Studies, Canadian Slavonic Papers, American Review of Canadian Studies, Nationalities Papers as well as in other periodicals.

Summary:

Ukraine is a misfit among post-communist states, being neither a respectable, stable democracy nor an autocracy. Nor does it sit well as a patronal political system, like other post-Soviet regimes, since the Euromaidan Revolution. This study examines the presidencies of Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelenskyy focusing on their common tendency to subordinate the legal system and use it as a political instrument. It finds that this pattern of power struggle concentrated in the president’s office was, contrary to the theory of patronal politics, more dominant than clientelism. The second theme of this book is each president’s handling of relations—largely meaning the war—with Russia, in the wake of the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and culminating in the invasion of 2022, as the key challenge to the nation’s survival. One way or another, unable to reform itself or to withstand the Russian assault, post-Euromaidan Ukraine will have come to an end. "An important contribution to the literature! There is a lot of interest in Ukraine, and the focus . . . on the past decade or so is so important.” —Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Professor of Political Science, University of Alberta

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Introduction

Previous Studies of Ukraine

Conceptual Clarification of the Political

What This Book is About

The Plan of the Book

1. Ukraine as a "Failed State"

A Review of the Literature

The Failed State's Failure

The Failed State as Mission

Susan Woodward's Critique

Post-Soviet State Failure

2. Ukraine through the Lens of Comparative Politics

Comparative Politics: The Leading Approaches

Transitology

The End of Transitology

Electoral or Competitive Authoritarianism

Henry Hale's Patronalism

Informal Politics

3. The Presidency of Petro Poroshenko 2014-19

Appointments and Disappointments

Poroshenko's Relations with Other Institutions

Poroshenko's Institutional Changes

The ACAs

The DBR/SBI

The Anti-Corruption Court

The National Police

De-Oligarchization

Conclusion-Poroshenko's Reward

4. Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Presidency 2019-22

Zelenskyy the Messenger

Zelenskyy as Patron

Zelenskyy as Law-Maker

Relations with Other Institutions

Judicial Reform

The Prosecutor-General's Office

The SBU, the DBR/SBI, and Intelligence

The (Ir)replaceable Interior Minister and the National Police

Curbing Informal Practices

Corruption and Anti-Corruption

Controlling Oligarchs

Conclusion

5. Russia's Genocidal War of Aggression against Ukraine

Russia Intervenes in Crimea and the Donbas

Minsk Agreements and Disagreements

Poroshenko as Diplomat- and Commander-in-Chief

Volodymyr Zelenskyy-Diplomat and Defender

Putin's War

When Will the War End?

Mearsheimer and the War

Anticipating an End to the War

Ukraine and the War

Politics Never Sleeps

6. Conclusion

On Patronal Politics in Post-2014 Ukraine.

Poroshenko's Presidency

Zelenskyy's Presidency

On Putin's War

War's Impact on Ukraine

Ukraine and the World

Bibliography

Books and book chapters

Websites

Newspapers, news sites, and newsmagazines

Miscellaneous

Conference paper

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-8382-7798-8

Publisher Number:

9783838277981