East-West dichotomy and political conflict in Ukraine - Was Huntington right?
Journal: Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
Year: 2014

In his work the Clash of Civilizations S. P. Huntington classified Ukraine as a "cleft country". In our view, the current discord in Ukraine is rooted in the political divisions that have frequently characterised the post-communist countries. In Ukraine, owing to a history of divergent socio-economic development in the various regions, these divisions are strongly regional. The dichotomic socio-economic framework reflects not only ethnic and religious differences but also such factors as urbanis