Essays about: "Post-Soviet Democratisation"

Found 2 essays containing the words Post-Soviet Democratisation.

1. 1. “Like in Europe”: Promotional Discourses of the Stipend Reduction and Justification of the Neoliberal Transformations in Ukraine

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Daria Popova; [2019]
   Keywords : Neoliberalism; post-Soviet Ukraine; post-Maidan politics; nationalism; neoliberal state.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This research explores the promotional discourses the neoliberal experts and politicians use to legitimise the stipend shortages to the students, whose interests this policy contradicts. The thesis argues that the proponents of the reform established the dialogue with the opposition in order to avoid the large-scale protests against the policy. READ MORE

3. 2. Building Democracy in Ukraine - The Role of post-Soviet Identities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Anna Isacson; [2005]
   Keywords : Ukraine; Post-Soviet Democratisation; The Orange Revolution; Identity; Civic and Ethnic Nationalism; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the relevance of identities for the support of democracy in Ukraine. It elaborates on the assumption that the identity's construction affects which ideas are embraced and sets out to test whether a civic as opposed to ethnic identity construction would correlate with the embracing and pursuit of the idea of democracy. READ MORE