Background
Motyl, Alexander John was born on October 21, 1953 in New York City. Son of Alexander and Maria Victoria (Bojczuk) Motyl.
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In this concise, provocative, and trenchant book, Alexander J. Motyl argues that social scientists must pay more rigorous attention to the formulation of concepts, as they provide the basis for clear thinking, good research, and intelligent formulation of theories. Before even contemplating the question of whether or not theories "fit the facts" and explain what they purport to explain, it behooves us to ask whether or not theories make sense conceptually. Focusing his "conceptual explorations" on three phenomena--revolutions, nations and nationalism, and empires--Motyl challenges the sloppy thinking that so often surrounds these three interrelated concepts, and moves our understanding of them--and their implications for both theory and practice--toward greater precision.
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The collapse of the Soviet Union added a large new country-Ukraine-to the map of Europe. With its endowment of natural resources and skilled population of 52 million, Ukraine can play a major role in European and world affairs. How an independent Ukraine evolves internally and the foreign policies it adopts will have considerable impact on Europe, East and West, and the United States. Alexander J. Motyl, an authority on the post-Soviet nations, examines the painful choices confronting Ukraine. He considers Ukraine's troublesome inheritance from the Soviet Union and discusses ways Ukraine might overcome this legacy to build a modern, democratic, and market-oriented state. Motyl advances an evolutionary approach, one that places equal emphasis on economic reform, the creation of democracy and civil society, state-building, and ethnic peace. He also explores Kiev's relations with Moscow, and suggests what the West should-and should not-do to help Ukraine and the other former republics survive their post-imperial and post-totalitarian challenges.
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Motyl, Alexander John was born on October 21, 1953 in New York City. Son of Alexander and Maria Victoria (Bojczuk) Motyl.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Columbia College, 1975. Master of International Affairs, School International Affairs, 1979. Master of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1983.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1984.
Assistant professor Columbia University, New York City, 1985-1990, associate professor, 1990-1992, director nationality and siberian studies program, 1988-1992. Associate director Harriman Institute, 1992-1998. Associate professor Rutgers University, Newark, 1999—2001, deputy director Center Global Change and Governance, since 1999, professor, since 2001.
Consultant Freedom House, New York City, since 1995, Eurasia Group, since 2001.
(The collapse of the Soviet Union added a large new countr...)
( In this concise, provocative, and trenchant book, Alexa...)
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Member American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, American Political Science.Assn., Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Irene Helene Mudretzkyj, June 30, 1979. 1 child, Katherina.