{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/610d3ba40b311f0013498518/6155e98c66b693001280be2c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Overcoming History? The Growth of Civil Society in Ukraine","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/610d3ba40b311f0013498518/1633019165056-437362b2936d235d64e168bc94158d2a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Ukraine is often headline news - but remains largely unknown to many in the West. Dr Robert Pyrah is joined by Prof. Jean-Paul Himka (and some insistent birds) in a wide-ranging, sensitive, and highly accessible overview of developments in this large, important young nation on Europe’s eastern border.  Late to gain independence (1991), rocked by democratic revolutions, and locked in a 'frozen' conflict with Russia, Ukraine's complex geopolitics belie a dynamic and instructive story. Taking both present-day and Humanist views, we reveal a heterogenous, hopeful picture.</p><p>Note: the interviewee uses a dialect pronunciation for the city of Lviv ('L'view').</p>","author_name":"Robert Pyrah and Marius Turda"}