A social breakthrough and an economic slowdown in Ukraine

• Authors: Mostepaniuk Alla
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Recent revolutions were either successful as in Georgia, where the living standards were improved or a great fault as in Yemen, Libya and Syria, where a civil war started. What are the underneath reasons of a successful revolution? Why in some countries anti-governmental protests brought prosperity while in others continuous military conflicts and social deprivation? This paper provides a multi approach analysis of the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine, shows visible and hidden preconditions as well as key social and economic outcomes. It concludes that despite a fundamental shift in the social identity and ideology of the nation, there are number of negative economic results, which slow down economic development and further social improvement.

Keywords

EN

Ukraine; social capital; economic growth; post-revolution performance; corruption

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Prague Development Center, Czech Republic
• Journal: Business and Economic Horizons
• Year: 2017
• Volume: Volume 13
• Issue: Issue 5
• Pages: 604-618

Dates

published

2017-11-12

Contributors

author

Mostepaniuk Alla

• Faculty of Business and economics, Girne American University, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

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