Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- References -- Part I Crisis and Change: Theory and Practice -- Chapter 2 Crisis and Change in Global Politics: A Dialogue with Deleuze and Badiou's Event to Understand the Crisis in Ukraine -- Introduction -- A Survey on IR Crisis Literature -- The Late 2013/Early 2014 Political Turmoil in Ukraine -- The Concept of Event by Deleuze and Badiou (Event with a Capital E!) -- The Fall of Empires as an Event -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 3 The Rationality and Emotion of Russian Historical Memory: The Case of Crimea -- Introduction -- Memory as Public Diplomacy vs Memory as Foreign Policy Analysis -- Multiplicity of Audiences and Memory Discourses -- The Annexation of Crimea: Competing Explanations -- Russian "Compatriots" -- Domestic Politics of Russia -- Ukraine and the West -- Discourses on Legitimation-International Law and Alternative Discourses -- Construction of Identity of New States -- "City of Glory" -- Strategy vs Emotion: Is Historical Memory Compelling Russia to Act Against Its Interests? -- Concluding Remarks: Role of Memory and Legitimation in International Relations -- References -- Chapter 4 Collective Trauma, Memories, and Victimization Narratives in Modern Strategies of Ethnic Consolidation: The Crimean Tatar Case -- Introduction -- Collective Trauma of Deportation/S�urg�un 1944 -- The Theory of Victimhood and Victimization -- Narratives of Victimization and Political Mobilization -- Analyses of Discursive Formation of Victimization Narratives (1991-2014) -- The Crimean Tatars Nowadays: Surviving Strategies of an Ethnic Group -- Crimean Tatars in Ukraine -- The Memory Work in Crimea Under Russia -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part II Crisis and Social Change: Ukraine in Comparative Perspective.

Chapter 5 Corruption, Crisis, and Change: Use and Misuse of an Empty Signifier -- Introduction -- Post-structuralist Perspective: Corruption as an Empty Signifier -- Different Conceptualization Approaches -- Corruption in the Discourse Theory of Crisis and Change -- The Case of Yushchenko -- Discursive Context: "Fostering Democracy and Trust" -- Framing of Corruption as a System -- Crisis and Change -- Introducing the Term "Political Corruption" -- The Case of Yanukovych -- Discursive Context: "Bringing Order into Chaos" -- Framing of Corruption as a Principal-Agent Problem -- Suggested Remedies -- Crisis and Change -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 6 Gender Role Scenarios of Women's Participation in Euromaidan Protests in Ukraine -- Introduction -- Euromaidan Protests 2013-2014 and Women's Participation -- Empirical Study of Gender Roles in Euromaidan: Methodology -- Empirical Study of Gender Roles in Euromaidan: Conceptualization -- Gender and Nation/State Building of Ukrainian Society -- Empirical Study of Gender Roles in Euromaidan: Results -- Patriarchal Gender Role Scenarios During Euromaidan Protests -- Egalitarian Gender Role Scenarios During Euromaidan Protests -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 7 Memory, War, and Mnemonical In/Security: A Comparison of Lithuania and Ukraine -- Introduction -- Mnemonical In/Security, Crisis, and Change -- War Memory in Ukraine and Lithuania: International and Domestic Discourses -- From a Memory Crisis to "Defending Memory": The Emergence of "Fighting and Suffering" Memory Discourses in Lithuania and Ukraine -- Lithuania -- Ukraine -- A Comparison of Memory Discourses -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part III International/Regional Dimensions of the Crisis in Ukraine.

Chapter 8 Framing of Crimean Annexation and Eastern Ukraine Conflict in Newspapers of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in 2014 -- Introduction -- Kazakh and Kyrgyz Media -- The Crimean Crisis -- Coverage of Crimean Events in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Media Under Research -- News Coverage in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Domestic Developments in Ukraine -- Crimea Annexation -- Geopolitical Game of World Powers -- Historical References -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 9 "Crisis" and Crimean Tatars: Discourses of Self-determination in Flux -- Introduction -- Conceptual Framework: Self-determination in Crisis -- Crimean Tatar National Movement in Crises -- "The Crisis" and Post-crisis Discourses About Crimean Tatar Self-determination -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 10 The Self/Other Space and Spinning the Net of Ontological Insecurities in Ukraine and Beyond: (Discursive) Reconstructions of Boundaries in the EU Eastern Partnership Countries Vis-�a-Vis the EU and Russia -- Introduction -- Conceptual Underpinnings -- Ontological Security (Seeking) -- Identity Politics, Securitization and Images -- Methodological Considerations -- "The (Significant) Others" and the Relational Identity Layer: Othering in EU-Russia Relations as Common Denominator? -- "The Selves" and Ontological Security Notions: Spinning a Net of Insecurities -- Public Perceptions of the In-Between in the In-Between: Polarizations and Solidarities -- Ukrainians, Moldovans and Belarusians -- Armenians, Azeris and Georgians -- Public Othering and Threat Evaluations in the Eastern Partnership -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Index.

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