Olena Podolian

Biographic Data

ID4075124
NAMEOlena Podolian
GIVEN NAMESOlena
FAMILY NAMEPodolian
SIGNATUREPODOLIAN O
AFFILIATIONSSödertörn University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS40
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Grooming the next generation

    Open AccessOleg Antonov, Oleg Victorivich Antonov et al.ARTICLEContemporary Politics2025References: 33

    This article provides a comparative analysis of laws on youth policy and patriotic education in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine (as a control case), as well as model laws developed by the Commonwealth of Independent States. These laws are aimed at educating young people and transferring values of loyalty and obedience to authoritarian rule, as well as love and patriotic devotion to the Motherland, as means to legitimise and sustain author…

  • When promises reach boundaries

    Open AccessGherghina, Joakim Ekman et al.ARTICLEEuropean Societies2023Cited by: 1References: 27

    Political participation increased and diversified in the post-communist world in the last decade. This may create great expectations in terms of societal impact. This Special Section seeks to understand the complexity of this picture by analyzing instances in which the promises of political participation reach boundaries in post-communist countries. It aims to achieve two theoretical and empirical objectives. It outlines several theoretical frame…

  • Introduction to the Special Issue on Political Participation in Post-Communist Europe during the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Gherghina, Joakim Ekman et al.ARTICLECommunist and Post-Communist…2023References: 19

    The COVID-19 pandemic altered the functioning of societies and people’s behavior in many areas of daily life. Studies of political participation during the pandemic do not constitute an extensive body of research, focusing mainly on Western European countries. Under these circumstances, we know very little about political participation in post-communist countries during the pandemic. This special issue aims to understand the dynamics of political…

  • Anti-Establishment Parties and Voters’ Responses in Post-Communist Europe

    Gherghina, Joakim Ekman et al.ARTICLEProblems of Post-Communism2021Cited by: 3References: 8

    Starting with the third decade of post-communism, the emergence of many anti-establishment parties in Central and Eastern Europe reshaped the political landscape. Political parties remain key actors through their functions of representation, but it is unclear how they are responding and adapting to recent challenges and developments. At the same time, the behavior of voters in such agitated times remains a puzzle. This special issue aims to outli…

  • Democratic Innovations in Central and Eastern Europe

    Sergiu Gherghina, Joakim Ekman et al.BOOKDemocratic Innovations in Central…2020

    Democratic Innovations in Central and Eastern Europe expands research on democratic innovations by looking specifically at different forms of democratic innovations in Central and Eastern Europe. The book covers direct democracy (referendums in particular), deliberative democracy practices and e-participation – forms which are salient in practice because they match the political realities of our time. Expert contributors show how the recent actio…

  • Democratic innovations in Central and Eastern Europe

    Gherghina, Joakim Ekman et al.ARTICLEContemporary Politics2019Cited by: 7References: 32

    Democratic innovations have recently gained momentum throughout the world. An increasing number of such practices takes place and coincides with a visible grow in the number of analyses focusing on the forms, functioning and effects of democratic innovations. In spite of these developments, a great deal of research on democratic innovations have largely neglected Central and Eastern Europe. This special issue of Contemporary Politics adds to the …

  • Brothers Armed. Military Aspects of the Crisis in Ukraine. Second Edition

    GLEN GRANT, Glen H Grant et al.ARTICLEEurope Asia Studies2017

    [A review of] Colby Howard & Ruslan Pukhov (eds), Brothers Armed: Military Aspects of the Crisis in Ukraine. Second Edition

  • Ukraine. What Went Wrong and How to Fix It

    Olena PodolianARTICLEEurope Asia Studies2016Cited by: 10

    The book is written on the premise that urgent and fundamental reform is needed for the national security and very survival of Ukraine as an independent state. It stays true to this throughout and

  • Challenges and realities of political participation and civic engagement in central and eastern Europe

    Joakim Ekman, Gherghina et al.ARTICLEEast European Politics2016Cited by: 18References: 30

    No abstract available

  • Language Policy and the Discourse on Languages in Ukraine under President Viktor Yanukovych

    Olena PodolianARTICLEEurope Asia Studies2015Cited by: 1

    Language Policy and the Discourse on Languages in Ukraine under President Viktor Yanukovych

  • The Politics of Nation-Building. Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities

    Olena PodolianARTICLEEurope Asia Studies2014

    In this book the author develops and illustrates a theoretical framework explaining states’ nation-building policies—both initial policy choices and subsequent changes—towards their non-core groups