Ukraine's civil society development past and present: a comparative analysis of 19th and 21st century voluntary association in Kiev
Journal: Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Year: 2011

The late imperial period saw the development of a significant and substantial, although somewhat small, civil society in Kiev. After 100 years, the fall of communism gave way to increasing growth of the public sphere again. Now, however, critics are calling Ukraine’s recent civil society development a façade. What conditions have changed and new challenges arisen in the last century that have affected the function, composition, and capacity of voluntary associations and organizations? Can histor