
Development and Dystopia
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"Mykhailo Minakov is a leading observer of contemporary Ukrainian, Russian and European politics and society. His work is a vital source for understanding the deeper phenomena that drive change-and lack of it-in these states. With this book, he has tackled a subject worthy of his talents, and offers a multi-layered perspective on some of the central dilemmas of post-Soviet political culture and social development."-Matthew Rojansky, Kennan Institute "Accurate and balanced account of the most recent history of Ukraine presented by an involved observer. Good sample of the Ukrainian vision of the phenomenon called 'The Ukrainian crisis'-obviously extends Ukraine's borders."-Prof. Georgiy Kasianov, Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Ukraine "Development and Dystopia is a philosopher's inquiry into the political processes that shaped the post-Soviet world and a political analyst's search for the philosophical underpinnings of the changes that those processes brought about. Both of Mikhail Minakov's probes focus on Ukraine, but his ultimate goal is to illuminate the broader scope of the East European transformations. Anyone wishing to delve beyond newspaper headlines and pundits' clichés in order to understand what is really going on in that world can do no better than pick up this book."-Prof. Dr. Serhii Plokhii, Director, Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard UniversityMore details
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- Intro
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I: Complex Modernity and Eastern European Political Cultures
- 1.1. Eastern Europe Between Progress and Demodernization
- 1.2. Systemic Corruption and the Eastern European Social Contract
- 1.3. The Language of Dystopia
- 1.4. War, Peace and Applied Enlightenment
- 1.5. Post-Soviet Parliamentarism
- Part II: Making Sense of Ukrainian Revolutions
- 2.1. Revolutionary Cycles: Dialectics of Liberation and Liberty in Ukraine
- 2.2. The Evolution of Ukrainian Oligarchy
- 2.3. The Color Revolutions in Post-Soviet Countries
- Part III: Euromaidan and After
- 3.1. Images of the West and Russia Among Supporters and Opponents of the Euromaidan
- 3.2. Ukraine's Government, Civil Society and Oligarchs after Euromaidan
- 3.3. Risks for Ukrainian Democracy After Euromaidan
- Part IV: (Dys)Assembling Europe
- 4.1. The Impact of Russia's Ukraine Policy on the Post-Soviet order
- 4.2. The Novorossiya Myth from a Transnational Perspective
- 4.3. Dynamic Obstacles for Integration Between the European Union and Eurasian Economic Union
- 4.4. The Eastern European 20th Century: Lessons for Our Political Creativity
- 4.5. Overcoming European Extremes: In Place of a Conclusion
- Bibliography
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