Ukraine in Transformation , 1st ed. 2020 From Soviet Republic to European Society

This edited collection provides a comprehensive overview of the major changes and transformations in Ukrainian society, from its independence in 1991, through to 2018.

Based on solid empirical quantitative data generated by local institutions such as the monitoring survey Ukrainian Society, produced by the Institute of Sociology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IS NASU), the contributions explore transitions in values, occupational structure, education, inequality, religiosity, media, and identity, as well as the impact of the ?Revolution of Dignity? (Euromaidan) and the Donbas conflict.

Covering more than 25 years of Ukrainian history and complemented by qualitative research carried out by authors, Ukraine in Transformation will be invaluable to upper level students and researchers of sociology, political science, international relations and cultural studies, with a particular interest in post-Soviet Eastern Europe. 

1. Introduction: Ukrainian Society Under Reluctant Transformation and Institutional Duality; Evgenii Golovakha, Tetiana Liubyva and Alberto Veira-Ramos.- 2. Empirical Evidence of Persistent Institutional Duality in Ukraine; Alberto Veira-Ramos and Evgenii Golovakha.- 3. Attitudes About Privatization and the Shadow of Communism: 25 Years Towards Anti-market Scepticism; Tymofii Brik and Oleksii Shestakovskyi.- 4. Dynamics of Class Structure in Post-Soviet Ukraine; Elena Simonchuk.- 5. Education in Transition: Structure, Expansion and Inequality; Svitlana Oksamytna.- 6. Civil Society in Ukraine; Maxim Gatskov and Ksenia Gatskova.- 7. Religious Markets in Ukraine: Post-Communist Revivals and New Directions; Tymofii Brik, Stanislav Korolkov.- 8. Ukrainian Media Landscape; Tetyana Nikitina.- 9. Ukrainian Identities in Transformation; Alberto Veira-Ramos and Tetiana Liubyva.- 10. What's Wrong with the Donbas? The Challenges of IntegrationBefore, During, and After the War; Kateryna Ivaschenko-Stadnik.- 11. Conclusions: Institutional Reform and Changes of Values for Successful Transformation of Ukrainian Society; Evgenii Golovakha, Tetiana Liubyva, Alberto Veira-Ramos, Svitlana Oksamyina, Elena Simonchuk, Kateryna Ivaschenko-Stadnik, Tymofii Brik.

Alberto Veira-Ramos is Professor of Demographic Analysis at the Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain.

Provides a comprehensive portrait of the Ukrainian society from a sociological perspective Utilizes high quality survey data from Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Considers the ways in which further social transformations in Ukraine are most likely to occur