Description
Book SynopsisAn ambitious analysis of contemporary Ukrainian political economy.
Trade Review'Provides an ambitious historical materialist analysis of the crisis in Ukraine ... an analysis that is not only appropriate, but largely absent and therefore sorely needed in this subject area' -- Marko Bojcun,
'In this thought-provoking book, Yulia Yurchenko focuses on Ukraine's class dynamics and political economy and puts them in international context. Her analytical approach is a breath of fresh air amidst a fog of stale commentary that assumes Ukraine is all about geopolitical “pro-western” or “pro-Russian” narratives' -- Simon Pirani, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Map of Ukraine
1. Per Aspera ad Nebulae, or to Market Through a Hybrid Civil War: Survival Myths of Systemic Failure
2. Capitalist Antecedents in the Late USSR
3. Social Destruction and Kleptocratic Construction of the Early 1990s
4. Class Formation and Social Fragmentation
5. Neoliberal Kleptocracy, FDI and Transnational Capital
6. ‘Two Ukraines’, One ‘Family’ and Geopolitical Crossroads
7. The Bloody Winter and the ‘Gates of Europe’
8. Geopolitics, the Elusive ‘Other’ and the Nebulous Telos of Europe
Notes
Bibliography
Index
