Civil Protests in Modern Ukraine: Comparing Multiple Cleavages Before and After Protests of 2013-2014

Student: Galina Anastasiia

Supervisor: Vladimir A. Kozlov

Educational Programme: Political Analysis and Public Policy (Master)

Final Grade: 9

Year of Graduation: 2016

This research aims at the testing of the multiple cleavages theory within the civil protests in Ukraine in 2013-2014 and finding out, what were the cleavages existing in Ukrainian society on the edge of civil protests of 2013-2014 and were there any changes in cleavages structure after the Revolution of Dignity”? First chapter is dedicated to the theoretical foundations of cleavages theory, its evolution and application. Second chapter is focused on the civil protests of 2013-2014, its causes and consequences. Third chapter is an attempt to test empirically the cleavages theory on the edge and after the protests, and to propose a possible explanation of the changes in cleavages structure.

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