Bibliograph

Development and dystopia, studies in post-Soviet Ukraine and Eastern Europe, Mikhail Minakov ; with a foreword by Alexander Etkind

Type

Label

Development and dystopia, studies in post-Soviet Ukraine and Eastern Europe, Mikhail Minakov ; with a foreword by Alexander Etkind

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-346)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Development and dystopia

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1015903397

Responsibility statement

Mikhail Minakov ; with a foreword by Alexander Etkind

Series statement

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society,, Vol. 179, 1614-3515

Sub title

studies in post-Soviet Ukraine and Eastern Europe

Summary

This book dissects-from both philosophical and empirical viewpoints-the peculiar developmental challenges, geopolitical contexts, and dystopic stalemates that post-Soviet societies face during their transition to new political and cultural orders. The principal geographical focus of the essays is Ukraine, but most of the assembled texts are also relevant and/or refer to other post-Soviet countries. Mikhail Minakov describes how former Soviet nations are trying to reinvent, for their particular circumstances, democracy and capitalism while concurrently dealing with new poverty and inequality, facing unusual degrees of freedom and responsibility for their own future, coming to terms with complicated collective memories and individual pasts. Finally, the book puts forward novel perspectives on how Western and post-communist Europe may be able to create a sustainable pan-European common space. These include a new agenda for pan-European political communication, new East-Central European regional security mechanisms, a solution for the chain of separatist-controlled populations, and anti-patronalist institutions in East European countries. --, Provided by publisher

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