Open AccessPopulist ideology in the political process in Ukraine
Author(s) -
Леонид Владимирович Томин
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
rossijskij žurnal pravovyh issledovanij
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2410-7522
pISSN - 2410-4965
DOI - 10.17816/rjls18126
Subject(s) - populism , ideology , ukrainian , political science , political economy , politics , power (physics) , economic system , sociology , law , economics , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics
The paper analyzes the ideology of populism, which consolidated part of the ukrainian society in street protests of autumn 2013 - winter 2014 and led to a change of power in the country. The paper discusses the debate on the issue of populism unfolded in foreign science in the last decade. Also it takes an attempt to analyze the populist tendencies across the Eastern European region and to investigate their causes.