CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Slukvin, Mykhailo |
|---|---|
| Title | Pro-democracy in the sheets but less in the streets: social movement protest alliances of Ukrainian Maidan 2013-2014 |
| Summary | Why did the middle-class protesters of Ukrainian Maidan 2013-2014 resort to coalitions with far-right and oligarchic parties? The modernization theory assumptions would suggest that to be an unlikely scenario which is especially puzzling considering that the previous research. Namely, it indicates that Maidan protesters had pro-democratic preferences and a degree of support for universalist values that is unprecedented compared to the average in Ukrainian or even European populations. Using social movement organization framework, I investigate the question of the protest coalition formation. Based on the interviews with Maidan social movement organization participants I study the protest coalition in Kiev and the most different regional cases. Despite the socio-demographic parameters and progressive values of the protesters the research finds evidence that the coalitions were dependent on immediate ideological demands than on strategic vision of the future, patronage of oligarchic parties, far-right support and less on prior ties. The research also finds that the calculation of political opportunities and threat of the protesters played an ambiguous role in the coalition making and further research on radicalization is needed. The research results lead to a conclusion that pro-democratic capacities of the post-Maidan Ukrainian civil society are yet to be built and suggests some policy recommendations. Keywords: protest, alliance, Ukraine, revolution, Maidan, civil society, far-right, democratization |
| Supervisor | Inna Melnykovska |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/slukvin_mykhailo.pdf |
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