Cleft Countries: Regional Political Divisions and Cultures in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova (Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society 33) [Paperback]

Ivan Katchanovski (Author), Andreas Umland (Series Editor), Francis Fukuyama (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 30, 2007

This is the first book to offer a systematic and comparative analysis of
the regional political divisions in post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova.
The study examines voting behavior and political attitudes in two
groups of regions: those which were under Russian, Ottoman, and
Soviet rule; and those which were under Austro-Hungarian, Polish,
Romanian, and Czechoslovak rule until World War I or World War II.
This book attributes the regional political divisions to the differences
in historical experience. This study helps us to better understand regional
cleavages and conflicts, not only in Ukraine and Moldova, but
also in other cleft countries.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Katchanovski succeeds in crafting a convincing, well-supported set of arguments. His research constitutes a step forward in dealing with the notoriously thorny concept of political culture."
Thomas E. Rotnem, Political Studies Review

"It [this book] will be of interest to students of the post-Communist states who seek a lucid and readable summary of the main political developments in both states, with a discussion of the historical factors that led to the cleavages still so evident in both of them." Marta Dyczok, Journal of Ukrainian Studies

About the Author

Ivan Katchanovski is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He received his Ph.D. from the School of Public Policy at George Mason University, Arlington/Fairfax, VA, and is co-author of Paradox of American Unionism:
Why Americans Like Unions More Than Canadians Do, but Join Much Less (Cornell University Press, 2004). His articles have appeared in Europe-Asia Studies, International Journal of Public Administration, Journal of Labor Research, Journal of Public Policy, and Obshchestvennye nauki i sovremennost'.

The foreword author:
Dr. Francis Fukuyama is Professor of International Political Economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC.

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: ibidem-Verlag (November 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 389821558X
• ISBN-13: 978-3898215589
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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