The Donbas Conflict in Ukraine(English, Electronic book text, Platonova Daria)

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The Donbas Conflict in Ukraine(English, Electronic book text, Platonova Daria) is written by Platonova Daria and published by Taylor & Francis Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1000453251 (ISBN 10) and 9781000453256 (ISBN 13).

This book examines why, when the conflict in eastern Ukraine began in 2014, fighting broke out in the Donets'k region, whereas it did not in Kharkiv city, despite the city, like the Donets'k region, being geographically proximate to Russia and similar in ethnic and linguistic make up. Based on extensive original research, the book argues that a key factor was the nature and behaviour of local elites, with those in Kharkiv having diffuse ties to the centre and therefore being more capable of adapting to sudden, profound regime change at the centre, whereas the elites in the Donets'k region had much more concentrated ties to the centre, were dependent on one network, and therefore were much less able to cope with change. The book thereby demonstrates how crucial for Ukraine are patronal politics, patronage networks, and informal centre-region relations, and that it was these local political circumstances, rather than Russia, which brought about the conflict.