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Ograniczenia w kształtowaniu się społeczeństwa obywatelskiego na Ukrainie
Obstacles on the path towards a civil society in Ukraine

Author(s): Alicja Maliszewska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Civil Society, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Politics and law, Politics and society, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: civil society; social identity; collective memory; the Orange Revolution; social trust

Summary/Abstract: This article centers on key difficulties that hamper the development of a civil society in independent Ukraine. A special emphasis is put on phenomena such as: lack of a homogeneous national identity, non-existence of the collective memory shared by all Ukraine citizens, the Soviet mentality, oligarchic structures, and failure to build social capital. The work is based on the scientific literature on a civil society in Ukraine.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 40-52
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish