Ukraine and the Empire of Capital

Exploring the origins of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Yurchenko examines four central myths that underlie Uktraine's post-Soviet reality: the myth of transition, the myth of democracy, the myth of two Ukraines, and the myth of 'the other'. She sheds light on the current intensification of class rivalries, kleptocracy and resource wars, and analyses the potential dangers of the right-wing shift in Ukraine's polity, stressing a historic opportunity for change.

Yurchenko offers a sweeping analysis which includes the wider neoliberal restructuring of global political economy since the 1970s, with particular focus on Ukraine's relations with the US, the EU and Russia. This book is for those wanting to understand the current conflict as a dangerous product of neoliberalism, of the empire of capital.