Cheskin, A. (2017) Russian soft power in Ukraine: A structural perspective. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 50(4), pp. 277-287. (doi: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.09.001)
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Abstract
In this article, I adopt a structural approach to Russian soft power, switching focus from the supposed agent of power (Russia), towards the subjects of power (Ukrainians). I outline the applicability of this approach to empirical studies into soft power, demonstrating how soft power can be examined from bottom-up, discursively-focused perspectives. The empirical analysis then traces how Ukrainians (do not) link their self-identities to discursive understanding of “Russia”. Reviewing recent insights into the relationship between soft power and affect, I argue that Ukrainians' cultural, historical and linguistic ties with Russia often lack necessary emotional force to generate meaningful soft power.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Cheskin, Dr Ammon |
| Authors: | Cheskin, A. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Central and East European Studies |
| Journal Name: | Communist and Post-Communist Studies |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0967-067X |
| ISSN (Online): | 1873-6920 |
| Published Online: | 04 October 2017 |
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