Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine

Dmitry Shevsky ()
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Dmitry Shevsky: HSE University

A chapter in Handbook of Revolutions in the 21st Century, 2022, pp 851-863 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter presents a case-study of the Ukrainian revolution called Euromaidan, or Revolution of Dignity, and is devoted to the analysis of the main preconditions and causes that led to this revolution. Author also attempts to reveal some mechanisms of these processes to delineate what happened in late 2013 and early 2014 in Ukraine. Shevsky points out that the principal factors that made Euromaidan possible are identified as follows: a deep regional cleavage expressed linguistically, culturally and economically; ineffective public budget management that weakened the state and caused mass discontent; and polarization of the political system manifested in a rivalry between two groups of influence. The basic cause of both mass mobilization and anger among the elites was President Yanukovich’s authoritarian governance, following the disappointingly ineffective Yushchenko regime after the pro-democratic Orange Revolution of 2004, and Yanukovich’s election in 2010. The trigger for the rebellion was the reaction against Yanukovich’s suddenly postponed signing of an agreement for European association. Yanukovich’s ousting caused political destabilization of the Ukrainian state and changed it dramatically. Shevsky concludes that in many respects, Ukraine may be said to have experienced a state breakdown.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86468-2_32

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