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Invisible Revolutionaries

Invisible Revolutionaries

Invisible Revolutionaries

Women's Participation in Ukraine's Euromaidan
Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham University, New York
April 2025
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9781009607476
$110.00
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    Invisible Revolutionaries sheds light on the critical role women play in contemporary revolutions around the world. The book argues that women's engagement in contentious politics is often far less visible than men's participation, when measured by the physical presence of women in protest space. Using the case of the 2013–2014 Euromaidan in Ukraine, the book outlines the different models and dimensions for women's participation in revolutions and illustrates how women in Ukraine have been at the forefront of pro-democracy movements, fiercely resisting Russia's invasion and fighting for national independence and democratic development. Drawing on data from large-N surveys and oral history projects, the book uncovers the diverse motivations and forms of women's participation and traces the multifaceted outcomes of women's activism. The book makes a significant contribution, addressing a key moment in Ukraine's history that is of renewed importance after the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022.

    • Examines civil resistance in Ukraine, one of the largest countries in contemporary Europe
    • Enhances our understanding of different ways in which women participate in a contemporary revolution
    • Uses rich data from oral history projects to trace women's motivations for civil resistance

    Product details

    April 2025
    Hardback
    9781009607476
    218 pages
    229 × 152 × 14 mm
    0.472kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Women's activism in a historical perspective
    • 3. Drivers of women's participation in the revolution of dignity
    • 4. Women's roles during a revolution 5. Gender outcomes of the revolution and the Russia-Ukraine war
    • 6. Conclusion
    • Appendix.
      Author
    • Olena Nikolayenko , Fordham University, New York

      Olena Nikolayenko is a professor of political science at Fordham University and an associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. She is also a board member of the American Association for Ukrainian Studies and the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the United States. Her research has appeared in Comparative Politics, International Journal of Sociology, International Political Science Review, International Sociology, Slavic Review, Social Movement Studies, and other journals.