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Civic engagement, volunteer work and participation in third sector organizations have become part of a normative self-image of citizenship in Ukraine. In this chapter, the author shows how the development of Ukrainian civil society is closely linked to the complex history of state formation before and after 1991. She systematically explores how civil society mobilization has decisively shaped and driven the various “revolutionary cycles” of modern Ukrainian history. The characteristics of left-wing and right-wing movements in Ukraine are also discussed. The author argues that Ukraine is precisely the counterexample to what was still considered a consensus view in western civil society research in the early 2000s, namely that civil society in the post-Soviet space in general, and thus also in Ukraine, was weak or even non-existent.

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Civil Society, Social Movements and Organized Interests in Ukraine

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    2026年

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  • Susann Worschech

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Civic engagement, volunteer work and participation in third sector organizations have become part of a normative self-image of citizenship in Ukraine. In this chapter, the author shows how the development of Ukrainian civil society is closely linked to the complex history of state formation before and after 1991. She systematically explores how civil society mobilization has decisively shaped and driven the various “revolutionary cycles” of modern Ukrainian history. The characteristics of left-wing and right-wing movements in Ukraine are also discussed. The author argues that Ukraine is precisely the counterexample to what was still considered a consensus view in western civil society research in the early 2000s, namely that civil society in the post-Soviet space in general, and thus also in Ukraine, was weak or even non-existent.