{"product_id":"the-ukrainian-oligarchy-after-the-euromaidan-by-david-dalton-9783838217406","title":"The Ukrainian Oligarchy After the Euromaidan","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow did the Ukrainian oligarchy survive the institutional disruption of the Euromaidan revolt of 2013\/2014? How did it manage to continue its extractive political and economic practices, amid deep changes in Ukraine's society and polity?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo answer these questions, \u003cem\u003eThe Ukrainian Oligarchy After the Euromaidan\u003c\/em\u003e analyzes the evolution of the Ukrainian super-rich in 2006-2017. It traces the process of conversion of wealth into political influence through vote-buying in the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) and the transformation of political influence back into wealth via elite rent-extraction schemes within the Ukrainian gas sector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA key argument is that continuity in informal practices between the Yanukovych and Poroshenko presidencies, and the networks that conduct them, meant a prolongation of the dominant political economy regime. The study conceptualizes the processes of the recreation of Ukrainian oligarchy as a \"currency flow,\" or circuit, of wealth and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt adds to the literature on the dynamics of informally dominated post-communist political economy regimes, offering a detailed, integrated, and internally comparative case study of Ukraine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47603321209068,"sku":"9783838217406","price":75.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783838217406-the-ukrainian-oligarchy-after-the-euromaidan.jpg?v=1778059850","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-ukrainian-oligarchy-after-the-euromaidan-by-david-dalton-9783838217406","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}