This paper reports on the demand for water-based leisure activity in Ireland based on data from a... more This paper reports on the demand for water-based leisure activity in Ireland based on data from a nationally representative telephone survey. Participation and trip demand are modelled using an augmented Poisson count model and consumer surplus welfare estimates are derived. The model is also used to investigate the level of social exclusion in water-based leisure activity. The demand for four activities is examined: sea angling, boating, swimming and other beach/sea/island day-trips. Results indicate that Irish rivers, wetlands, estuaries and seas are highly valued, while there is some evidence of social exclusion in water-based leisure activity.
Putting Ukraine on the map: the contribution of Stepan Rudnyts'kyi to Ukrainian nation-building
Nationalities Papers, 2011
This paper examines the contribution of the founder of modern Ukrainian geography, Stepan Rudnyts... more This paper examines the contribution of the founder of modern Ukrainian geography, Stepan Rudnyts'kyi, to Ukrainian nation-building. It demonstrates how Rudnyts'kyi put Ukraine on the mental map of the Ukrainian public before the declaration of Ukraine's independence in 1918. This is done by analyzing his key publications and showing how he formed a vision of Ukraine and delineated its territory to influence the perceptions of the Ukrainian public on the eve of the struggle for Ukraine's independence. Rudnyts'kyi's contribution is also viewed within the context of competition from rival modern nation-building projects in Eastern Europe, most notably Polish and Russian. The developments are also examined within Miroslav Hroch's periodization of national movements. Rudnyts'kyi played an important role in stage B (patriotic agitation) in Ukrainian national revival.
In the sections on Soviet domestic politics, some of the more interesting pieces deal with Soviet... more In the sections on Soviet domestic politics, some of the more interesting pieces deal with Soviet reinterpretations of Soviet history (Vera Tolz), the faltering health system (Sophia M. Miskiewicz), and Soviet discussions of social justice (Aaron Trehub). These and other similar contributions are of continuing interest because they provide an overview which some may have missed; these issues are still of importance today. Charles Glickham's s discussion, "Sources of Security Reconsidered," is among the most informative contributions on the topic of security issues. Other subjects relating to the Soviet Union which are addressed in the volume include social problems (prostitution, drug abuse, rural life), initial coverage of nationalities discontent (Kazakhstan, the Baltics, Belorussia, and the Ukraine), and consideration of foreign policy developments in areas such as Iran, and Southeastern Asia. The sections in the volume dealing with the East European countries seem, of course, the most dated, simply because of the dizzying course of events in the last few months. But they help portray the stage which was set for these radical changes in the early Gorbachev years. Especially important now is the section entitled "In Search of a New Europe," dealing with issues related to the common European home. This series and this volume in particular provide a somewhat unsystematic, but intriguing overview of events in the early Gorbachev period. Like the RF`E/RL research reports in general, they are often irreplaceable as a source of information about current developments in the region. If one does not have the time or access to follow the research reports as they emerge; this series-provides a good substitute and thus will be especially. useful to students or to those wishing to fill in gaps in their knowledge of a region where the information glut is becoming rapidly unmanageable.
U kraine, the resource-rich breadbasket of the former Soviet Union, suffered an increasingly seve... more U kraine, the resource-rich breadbasket of the former Soviet Union, suffered an increasingly severe economic downturn beginning in 1989. Even its agricultural sector was not spared, necessitating grain imports. Consequently, its first and incumbent president, Leonid Kravchuk, lost re-election in 1994 to the current president, Leonid Kuchma. Kuchma ran on a platform of radical economic reforms and closer cooperation with Russia, and raised hopes of reversing a nose-dive in the Ukrainian economy. Kuchma's visit to Canada in October of 1994, including his meeting with the G-7 representatives in W inni peg, and especially his United States visit and meeting with President Clinton in November •1994, created a new climate of international good will toward Ukraine. Within this new favorable environment, the stage was set to push through radical reforms in Ukraine's economy and the agricultural sector. H ere I review the recent performance ofUkrainian agriculture and assess the initiatives of Presiden t Kuchma.
Gyula Jozsa adopts the Lemarchand and Legg definition of Seilschaft (personalized, reciprocal rel... more Gyula Jozsa adopts the Lemarchand and Legg definition of Seilschaft (personalized, reciprocal relationships between actors with unequal resources and involving mutually beneficial transactions having wide political ramifications). While this definition is necessarily precise, the simpler mountaineering explanation carries more punch-a roped-party of climbers whose mutual assistance, protection and support enable them to scale heights beyond their individual powers. This latter description reminds one of Soviet elite politics. Shugo Minagawa draws a fascinating comparison between Japan and the USSR in the area of political clientelism. He notes that while insecurity and unpredictability contribute to Soviet clientelism, this is not so in Japan where clientelism is such an ingrained part of cultural behavior. In both cases, although for these different reasons, political clientelism serves as a systemic adjusting mechanism. Bohdan Harasymiw in a well crafted summary of the book's findings probes some theoretical considerations. He thoughtfully concludes that the study of clientelism in communist societies, while measurably adding to our knowledge, as yet raises more questions, although enlightened ones, than it provides solid answers.
Regiony Ukrainy: Khronika I Rukovoditeli. Tom 3: Krym I Nikolaevskaia Oblast
Kimitaka Matsuzato, ed. Regiony Vkrainy: Khronika i rukovoditeli. Tom 3: Krym i Nikolaevskaia obl... more Kimitaka Matsuzato, ed. Regiony Vkrainy: Khronika i rukovoditeli. Tom 3: Krym i Nikolaevskaia oblasf. Slavic Eurasian Studies, 20. Sapporo: Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, 2009. 256 pp. Illustrations. Tables. Paper.This volume, the 20th in the Slavic Eurasian Studies, is one of six published in Russian (the remaining 14 are in English). Moreover, it is the third study on the chronology and leaders of regions of Ukraine. Since the previous two appeared before the Slavic Eurasian Studies began publication, they are not part ofthat series.Edited by Kimitaka Matsuzato, this book comprises two substantive studies: Crimea, and Nikolaevskaia oblast'. The editor introduces the two studies using a title that captures the political sentiment of the region as a whole: "Southern Ukraine - Stronghold of Leftist Forces and Pro- Russi an Sentiments?" (pp. 7-10).In his introduction Matsuzato points out that, as in any country, the voters of Ukraine have common overarching...
From Peasants to Labourers: Ukrainian and Belarusan Immigration from the Russian Empire to Canada
Vadim Kukushkin. From Peasants to Labourers: Ukrainian and Belarusan Immigration from the Russian... more Vadim Kukushkin. From Peasants to Labourers: Ukrainian and Belarusan Immigration from the Russian Empire to Canada. McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History, vol. 2.23. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007. xx, 283 pp. Illustrations. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. $80.00, cloth.This study evolved from Vadim Kukushkin's doctoral dissertation into the twenty-third book of the McGill-Queens Studies in Ethnic History, Series Two. Focusing on the Ukrainian and Belarusan peasantry, it brings to light the largest yet least known group of emigrants from Russia who came to Canada before 1917. Canadian immigration authorities knew they were not "Russian Jews," "Russian Poles," Finns or Doukhobors, and so classified them according to their country of origin as "Russians." Through painstaking research of the Likacheff-Ragosine-Mathers Collection (housed in Archives Canada) and analysis of nearly 2,800 of its personal files, Kukus...
My review of Ukrainians in the Making: Their Kingston Story, by Lubomyr Y. Luciuk in the Journal... more My review of Ukrainians in the Making: Their Kingston Story, by Lubomyr Y. Luciuk in the Journal of Historical Geography Vol. VIII, No. 2, p. 223. Published in l982.
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