A book that explores modern Ukrainian identity and the formation of the Independence Generation
Volodymyr Zelenskyi's groundbreaking rise to the world political stage and the incredible resistance of Ukrainians to Russian aggression became the subject of research by Olga Onukh and Henry Gale. They suggest looking for the reasons for both of these interrelated phenomena in the history of the formation of the Ukrainian nation.
What does Ukrainian identity consist of? What is a citizen nation? How did Zelenskyi's political campaign respond to her request? Researchers searched for answers to these questions for three years. In the book, in addition to dissident movements, the history of Ukrainian revolutions, and the speeches of the Ukrainian president, the authors analyze the "95 Quarter" sketches, the "Servant of the People" series, and also conduct their own sociological surveys of Ukrainians.
"The Zelensky Effect" is actually the first book that explores and explains the modern Ukrainian identity to the English-speaking world.
Olga Onukh - researcher, doctor of political sciences, professor of comparative and Ukrainian political science at the University of Manchester (Great Britain)
Henry E. Gale is a researcher, doctor of political sciences, professor of political studies and international relations at George Washington University (USA).
