{"product_id":"9780228027379-maidan","title":"Maidan","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUkraine’s Democratic Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2013–14 Maidan Revolution marked a turning point in Ukrainian history. Sophia Wilson investigates how participants self-organized to create the resistance, why the peaceful movement turned to violence, and how the revolutionary process changed those who came to change the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2013–14 Maidan Revolution, or Revolution of Dignity, was far more than a series of protests: the coalescence of complex social networks formed a powerful grassroots movement that restored democracy to a country slipping into authoritarianism. \u003cem\u003eMaidan\u003c\/em\u003e gives a carefully researched account of the underbelly of the resistance process, investigating how participants self-organized to create the resistance, why the peaceful movement eventually turned to violence, and how the revolutionary process changed those who came to change the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDemocratic revolution is a state-society dialogue about rights, and the regime that results depends on the ideas negotiated during revolutionary socialization. Offering an unparalleled opportunity to see that negotiation in action, \u003cem\u003eMaidan\u003c\/em\u003e draws on more than one hundred personal interviews, oral histories, legal documents, and court hearings. The Ukrainian state used violence and violations of due process to suppress the resistance, thereby declaring new boundaries in rights relations. In turn, the people pushed back in multiple arenas – the protest square, courtrooms, hospitals, churches, and media – to successfully challenge the constitutionality of the state’s actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWestern media accounts tend to oversimplify the Revolution of Dignity as backlash against President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision not to sign a European Union agreement. The reality had far deeper implications for the geopolitics of the region. Sophia Wilson’s account of the revolution, and the Kremlin propaganda about it, underscores why it is impossible to understand Russia’s invasion of Ukraine without first understanding what fuelled the Maidan: the affirmation of democracy and the rooting out of Russian puppet authoritarianism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57408994378102,"sku":"9780228027379","price":38.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40313718.jpg?v=1773367210","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780228027379-maidan","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}