Incident. Or three short essays on solidarity
In the absence of civic traditions and positive social capital, society often organises itself along mafia-style norms. Ukrainian society after communism developed in two different ways: it developed mafia structures centred on the post-communist authorities, as well as grass-root civic networks as an alternative to these hierarchies. Every Ukrainian revolution since then can be seen as a clash of two different projects of state-nation building. To access this content, you must
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July 7, 2020 -
Mykola Riabchuk
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Issue 4 2020MagazineStories and ideas
Photo: Juan Antonio Segal (CC) www.flickr.com
Society, Solidarity, Ukraine