Ukraine - power and protest interplay amidst geopolitics

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dc.abstract.enThis chapter examines two major contentious episodes in post-transition Ukraine: the 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2013–2014 Euromaidan/Revolution of Dignity. I illustrate the interplay between power structures and protest dynamics by focusing on increased salience and transformation of a geopolitical orientation cleavage. Using a toolkit developed by the fields conceptual framework, I show how collective incumbents, challengers, and governance units interacted to alter the power balance within the broader Ukrainian political field. Following the fields approach, the analysis accounts for various collective actors, including activist initiatives and NGOs, counter-protesters, financial-industrial groups, law enforcement agencies, local self-governments, and courts. Among these, political parties deserve special attention, as they added street protests to their usual repertoire early on in Ukraine’s history and often assumed an identity of contentious actors since. This analysis also accounts for the role played by actors in proximate fields in influencing domestic contention. I underline the impact of exogenous shocks on the dynamics of domestic politics by outlining post-Euromaidan political developments, the emergence of a powerful volunteer movement and civic resistance, as Ukraine was hit by the 2014 Russian aggression, which escalated into a full-scale invasion in 2022.
dc.affiliationInstytut Nauk Społecznych
dc.contributor.authorZelinska, Olha
dc.contributor.editorCrăciun, Claudiu
dc.contributor.editorRammelt, Henry P.
dc.date.access2026-02-27
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-01T11:19:15Z
dc.date.available2025-04-01T11:19:15Z
dc.date.created2024
dc.date.issued2025-02-27
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dc.description.grantnumber2021/40/C/HS6/00229
dc.description.granttitleRelacje pomiędzy ruchami społecznymi a partiami politycznymi na rzecz reprezentacji demokratycznej grup społecznych w Europie
dc.description.physical301-326
dc.description.seriesPalgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
dc.description.versionfinal_author
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-031-77888-9_12
dc.identifier.eisbn9783031778889
dc.identifier.isbn9783031778872
dc.identifier.issn2946-6016
dc.identifier.issn2946-6024
dc.identifier.seriesissn2946-6016
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1397
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-77888-9_12
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationnauki o polityce i administracji
dc.pbn.affiliationnauki socjologiczne
dc.publisher.ministerialPalgrave Macmillan
dc.relation.bookPower and protest in Central and Eastern Europe
dc.relation.languageen
dc.relation.pages393
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dc.subject.enSocial movements
dc.subject.enPolitical parties
dc.subject.enUkraine
dc.subject.enEuromaidan
dc.subject.enOrange Revolution
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dc.titleUkraine - power and protest interplay amidst geopolitics
dc.title.journalPalgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
dc.title.journalPower and Protest in Central and Eastern Europe
dc.typeMonographyChapter
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