Without the State: Self-Organization and Political Activism in Ukraine

Without the State explores the 2013–14 Euromaidan protests – a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine – through in—depth ethnographic research with leftist, feminist, and student activists in Kyiv. The book discusses the concept of "self—organization" and the notion that if something needs to be done and a person has the competence to do it, then they should simply do it.

Emily Channell—Justice reveals how self—organization in Ukraine came out of leftist practices but actors from...