Ukraine's Patronal Democracy and the Russian Invasion - with Bálint Magyar and Bálint Madlovics
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- Ukraine's Patronal Democracy and the Russian Invasion - with Bálint Magyar and Bálint Madlovics
- 2024-05-08T18:15:00+02:00
- 2024-05-08T19:45:00+02:00
- When May 08, 2024 from 06:15 to 07:45
- Where HU Berlin, Insitute for Social Sciences, Room 003 and online, register here: law-and-society@hu-berlin.de
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 jeopardizes the country's independence and its chances for Western-style development. However, the heroic attitude of the Ukrainian people, combined with a solidifying national identity, makes the domestic foundations for a western turn stronger than ever. After the invasion, building strong foundations of liberal democracy will be a top priority. In addition to alleviating immediate problems, the country must also address its post-communist legacy and address the constraints of patronalism.
The authors of this edited volume, leading Ukrainian scholars supplemented by colleagues from Hungary, examine the chances of an anti-patronal transformation after the war. The book provides an overview of the development of Ukraine's political-economic system: color revolutions in 2004 and 2014 brought democratic transformation, but no change in the patronage system The result was patronal regime cycles instead of the emergence of a Western-type liberal democracy in the country. Building on the conceptual framework of the editors' The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes (CEU Press, 2020), the 12 chapters examine the impact of the war on patronal democracy, the relational economy, clientelist society, and the international environment in which Ukraine operates.