The Crimea Question

Identity, Transition, and Conflict
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-1-932650-12-9
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 74, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 579 g

Reihe: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies

Regional diversity such as Ukraine's often embodies potential for friction and conflict, in particular when it involves territorialized ethnicity and divergent historical experiences. Political elites interested in stability and conflict prevention must find ways either to accommodate or control this diversity. In the early to mid-1990s, the Western media, policymakers, and academics alike warned that Crimea was a potential center of unrest in the aftermath of the Soviet Union's dissolution. However, large-scale conflict in Crimea did not materialize, and Kyiv has managed to integrate the peninsula into the new Ukrainian polity. This book explores the factors that led to the largely peaceful transition and places the situation in the larger context of conflict-prevention studies, explaining this critical case in which conflict did not erupt despite a structural predisposition to ethnic, regional, and even international enmity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sasse, Gwendolyn

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Sasse, Gwendolyn
Gwendolyn Sasse is a Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College, University Reader in Comparative Politics, University of Oxford.