CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Wen, Fei Chen |
|---|---|
| Title | Nationalism in the Civil Movements of Euromaidan and Sunflower Movement |
| Summary | Euromaidan and Sunflower Movement, both breaking out in 2014, were publicly proclaimed as civil movements. They shared many similarities: both began with the government’s decision to sign or not sign a trade agreement with the historically significant other country—Russia and China, both were student-led, both were violently oppressed by the government, and both led to the change of regimes directly immediately after Euromaidan and later in the national election after Sunflower Movement. Despite the civic elements of the two movements, this study argues that they were nationalistic movements in the guise of civic movements and aims to understand through the case of the two movements, what nationalistic sentiments could inform about social movements. Given their internal similarities in the movements and external similarities of history, domestic politics and geopolitical locations, the current study applies the framework proposed by Goodman to examine nationalism in three aspects: ideologies, institutions, and interests. The study draws from the background of nationalism of the two countries to discuss the pattern that Euromaidan and the Sunflower Movement both demonstrated and contributes to the literature of the role of nationalism in social movements. |
| Supervisor | Thomas Fetzer |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/wen_fei-chen.pdf |
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