Ukraine, The EU and Russia: History, Culture and International Relations

by S. Velychenko (Editor)

Overview

This book surveys the Ukrainian-EU relationship in light of the legacies of more than two hundred years of direct Russian rule. It examines interrelationships between identities, loyalties and political/cultural orientations, reviews policies, and identifies salient forces and trends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230517998
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/23/2007
Series:	Studies in Central and Eastern Europe
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

MARTIN BEISSWENGER PhD Candidate, University of Notre Dame, USA JOHN R. GILLINGHAM III Professor of History, University of Missouri, USA OLEH S. ILNYTZKYJ Professor of Ukrainian Language and Literature, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta, USA MARKO PAVLYSHYN Professor, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University, Australia MYKOLA RIABCHUK Research Associate, Ukrainian Centre for Cultural Studies, Kyiv, Ukraine OLEKSIY SEMENIY Advisor to CDU/CSU Bundestag Deputy, Germany ROMAN SERBYN Professor Emeritus, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada JAMES SHERR Fellow, Conflict Studies Research Centre, UK Defense Academy, UK IRYNA SOLONENKO Director of the European Program, International Renaissance Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine

Table of Contents

Introduction: Ukraine: EU Member or a Second Belorus?; S.Velychenko Eurasianism Then and Now: A Russian Conservative Movement and its Ukrainian Challenge; M.Beisswenger 'Imperial Culture' and Russian-Ukrainian Unity Myths; O.S.Ilnytzkyj Ambivalence or Ambiguity? Why Ukraine is Trapped between 'East' and 'West'; M.Riabchuk The Rhetoric of Geography in Ukrainian Literature 1991-2005; M.Pavlyshyn Managing Memory in Post-Soviet Ukraine: 'Victory Day' or 'Remembrance Day'?; R.Serbyn Ukraine's European Policy as an Alternative Choice: Achievements, Mistakes and Prospects; O.Semeniy The EU's Impact on Democratic Transformation in Ukraine; I.Solonenko The Fraying Lifeline: Ukraine and the European Union a Year after the Failed Referenda; J.R.Gillingham Conclusion; J.Sherr