{"product_id":"without-the-state-self-organization-and-political-activism-in-ukraine-hardback-9781487509736","title":"Without the State; Self-Organization and Political Activism in Ukraine (Hardback) 9781487509736","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWithout the State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSelf-Organization and Political Activism in Ukraine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEmily Channell-Justice (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487509736\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 December 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e302 pages, 35 colour illustrations, 1 b\u0026amp;w illustration\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm, 0.602 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This book is of interest to anyone who studies protest or civil society, providing valuable insight into how activists navigate diverse and sometimes hostile spaces, adapt their tactics, and make pragmatic decisions about engaging with actors and ideologies they disagree with. It also offers an excellent example of how to write an ethnography of a protest movement: it is rigorously researched, remains compelling to read, and centers the voices of those it studies.\" - Emma Mateo, Columbia University (\u003cem\u003eAmerican Ethnologist\u003c\/em\u003e) \"As an academic who writes about Ukraine, I have read many accounts of the Euromaidan. What this book delivers that no other book has offered is an intimate portrait of the activists who executed the revolution on Kyiv\u0026amp;#x2019;s potholed pavement, and the view from 30,000 feet. Channel-Justice accomplishes these objectives simultaneously within the covers of a single book.\" - Greta Uehling, University of Michigan (\u003cem\u003eSlavic Review\u003c\/em\u003e) \"Anchored in events in Kyiv in 2013–2014, \u003cem\u003eWithout the State\u003c\/em\u003e offers insights relevant for other societies that were once part of the Soviet Union and that may be currently engaged in their own efforts to extricate themselves from Moscow\u0026amp;#x2019;s grasp. This book sheds needed light on the ideational struggles of people worldwide seeking participatory alternatives to the neoliberal economic order.\" - Jessica Pisano, New School for Social Research (\u003cem\u003eThe Russian Review\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWithout the State\u003c\/em\u003e explores the 2013–14 Euromaidan protests – a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine – through in-depth ethnographic research with leftist, feminist, and student activists in Kyiv. The book discusses the concept of \"self-organization\" and the notion that if something needs to be done and a person has the competence to do it, then they should simply do it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmily Channell-Justice reveals how self-organization in Ukraine came out of leftist practices but actors from across the spectrum of political views also adopted self-organization over the course of Euromaidan, including far-right groups. The widespread adoption of self-organization encouraged Ukrainians to rethink their expectations of the relationship between citizens and their state. The book explains how self-organized practices have changed people\u0026amp;#x2019;s views on what they think they can contribute to their own communities, and in the wake of Russia\u0026amp;#x2019;s renewed invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it has also motivated new networks of mutual aid within Ukraine and beyond. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, including the author\u0026amp;#x2019;s first-hand experience of the entirety of the Euromaidan protests, \u003ci\u003eWithout the State\u003c\/i\u003e provides a unique analytical account of this crucial moment in Ukraine\u0026amp;#x2019;s post-Soviet history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNote on Language\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: \"we provide the content of Maidan!\"\u003cbr\u003e1. Without Any Help from the State: Self-Organization in Ukraine\u003cbr\u003e2. Twenty-First Century Leftists\u003cbr\u003e3. Decommunization and National Ideology\u003cbr\u003e4. #LeftMaidan: Violence, Repression, and Re-creation\u003cbr\u003e5. \"For free education\": Education Activism and Maidan\u003cbr\u003e6. \"These aren\u0026amp;#x2019;t your values\": Gender and Nation on Maidan\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Volunteerism after Maidan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595492159768,"sku":"9781487509736","price":38.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/without-the-state-self-organization-and-political-activism-in-ukraine-hardback-9781487509736","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}