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The Crisis of Democracy: Theoretical and Practical Issues in the Times of Systemic Antagonism

― Issue 1 (23), 2023

Editors of this issue: Pavlo Fedorchenko-Kutuev & Denys Kiryukhin

Content 

Pavlo Fedorchenko-Kutuev
& Denys Kiryukhin

THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY:
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ISSUES
IN THE TIMES OF SYSTEMIC ANTHAGOMISM.
INTRODUCTION

4

Democratic Theory and Practice

Paul D’Anieri

POWER POLITICS AND THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY:
BALANCE, HEGEMONY, AND THE REALPOLITIK
OF DOMESTIC POLITICS

10

Denys Kiryukhin

THE ELUDING DREAMS:
UKRAINE AND THE CRISIS

OF DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION

35

Mikhail Minakov

POLITICAL CREATIVITY
AND IT’S DEMOCRATIC
AND AUTOCRATIC
OUTCOMES: THE CASE
OF THE POST-SOVIET PERIOD, 1989–2022

57

Svitlana Shcherbak

STUDYING POPULISM:
A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

AND THE CASE OF UKRAINE

108

Andrii Bahinskyi,
Tetiana Kolomiiets
& Oleksii Iakubin

LIBERAL PEACE, DEMOCRATIC PEACE
AND NATION-STATE BUILDING
IN THE PROCESS OF SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION
*

127

Case Studies and Polemic

Pavlo Fedorchenko-Kutuev, Igor Pygolenko
& Andrii Khomiak

UKRAINIAN STATE
BETWEEN THE IMPERATIVES OF DEMOCRACY
AND POST-WAR MODERNIZATION
*

148

Sergey Grigorishin

WUQUF YELBASY:
ISLAMIC MYSTICISM AND KAZAKH DEMOCRACY
**

172

Maksym Yenin,
Hennadii Korzhov
& Olha Vasylets

DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN UKRAINE:
GLOBAL CHALLENGES
AND THE NEED FOR INSTITUTIONAL RE-START
*

219

Olena Pavlova
& Mariya Rohozha

MARIUPOL SIEGE VIBER-COMMUNITY
AS A FORM
OF GRASSROOT MOVEMENT
IN THE CONTEXT
OF “DECLINING STATE
OF GLOBAL DEMOCRACY”

241

Burim Mexhuani

IDEOLOGY AND POLITICAL PARTY DYNAMICS
IN KOSOVO: AN EXPLORATION
OF POLITICAL PARTIES’
PROGRAM AND IDEOLOGY

276

Andreas Umland

HISTORICAL ESOTERICISM
AS A METHOD OF COGNITION. HOW RUSSIAN PSEUDOSCIENTISTS CONTRIBUTED
TO MOSCOW’S ANTI-WESTERN TURN
**

294

Atıl Cem Çiçek
& Metehan Karakurt

THE MANIFESTATION OF NATIONALISM
IN THE CINEMA:
READING THE TURKISH NATION BUILDING PROCESS
THROUGH THE Türkiye’nin Kalbi Ankara MOVIE (1934)

309

Reviews

Inxhi Brisku

BOOK REVIEW:
Klejd Këlliçi, (2023) Një varrim për çdo regjim
[from Alb.: A Burial in Every Regime].
Tirana: Berk

330


* — the full-text article is in Ukrainian

** — the full-text article is in Russian

The entire issue can be downloaded HERE.

Adaptation of regional and ethno-cultural diversity in Ukraine

— issue #3(22), 2022

Guest editors: Aadne Aasland and Sabine Kropp   

Contents

Sabine Kropp
& Aadne Aasland

POLITICAL REFORMS IN UKRAINE AND THEIR EFFECTS
ON SOCIAL COHESION: A CONCEPTUALIZATION
 *

3

Jørn Holm-Hansen
& Sabine Kropp

THE REGIONAL DIVERSITY OF UKRAINE:
CAN FEDERALIZATION BE ACHIEVED?
*

23

Kostiantyn Fedorenko
& Andreas Umland

A TRIADIC NEXUS CONFLICT? UKRAINE’S NATIONALIZING POLICIES, RUSSIA’S HOMELAND NATIONALISM,
AND THE DYNAMICS OF ESCALATION IN 2014–2019
*

47

Maryna Rabinovych
& Mikkel Berg-Nordlie

REGULATING MINORITY LANGUAGES IN UKRAINE’S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: DEBATE, LEGAL FRAMEWORK
AND IMPLEMENTATION
 *

71

Artem Lytovchenko,
Dmytro Boiko,
Daria Yashkina
& Jørn Holm-Hansen

THE DISCOURSE OF MODERATION AND COHESION
AS AN EFFECTIVE ELECTORAL TOOL:
SLUHA NARODU IN UKRAINE’S 2019 PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN
*

93

Aadne Aasland,
Olga Filippova,
Oleksandra Deineko
& Ruslan Zaporozhchenko

DECENTRALIZATION, SOCIAL COHESION
AND ETHNO-CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN UKRAINE’S BORDER REGIONS
*

118

Marthe Handå Myhre,
Olena Muradyan,
& Oksana Nekhaienko

EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND LANGUAGE POLICY IN UKRAINE:
IMPLEMENTATION IN THE BORDER REGIONS
*

141

Olga Filippova
& Oleksandra Deineko

THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY IN THE UKRAINIAN BORDER REGIONS *

171

Aadne Aasland,
Oleksandra Deineko,
Olga Filippova
& Sabine Kropp

CITIZENS’ PERSPECTIVES: REFORM AND SOCIAL COHESION
IN UKRAINE’S BORDER REGIONS
*

191

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* — in Ukrainian language