Department of Methodology of Science, Technology and Social Theory, Penza State University, Penza City, Russia

ABSTRACT

Between May and July 2014, when the crisis in south-eastern Ukraine was reaching its peak, a school of political leadership was organised in Belgorod by the Institute of Globalisation and Social Movements and the “New Rus” Centre for leaders and activists of the protest movements in the region, including Donetsk, Lugansk, Nikolaev, Odessa, Kharkov and Sumy. This article contains a description of the survey conducted with school cadets and reveals the political views and preferences, as well as the goals and expectations of people who are in the middle of the Ukrainian conflict. Based on survey data, the author presents conclusions about the content of the political conflict in the Ukrainian south-east.

KEYWORDS

Ukraine; sociology of conflict; logic of social resistance

From: International Critical Thought 2016 6 (4)

Editor: Wang Yi