Alina Polyakova
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Professional affiliation
Wilson Center Projects
"From the Provinces to the Revolution: Euromaidan and the Transformation of the Ukrainian Far Right"
Full Biography
Alina Polyakova's research examines radical right movements in Europe, with a specialization on Ukraine. Polyakova is currently a Senior Researcher at the University of Bern, where she's working on a book manuscript on post-Soviet identities and the Ukraine crisis. The book is partially based on her doctoral research for which she interviewed over 100 radical right activists in Ukraine. Polyakova holds a Ph.D. (2013) in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a former Fulbright Scholar, National Science Foundation Fellow, and graduate of Emory University. Polyakova speaks German, Russian, and Ukrainian.
Major Publications
Polyakova, Alina. 2014. “From the Provinces to the Parliament: Nationalism in the Galician Heartland.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 47(2):211-225.
Polyakova, Alina. Forthcoming 2014. "Parties and Subcultures in the Process of Mobilization: The Internal Dynamics of the Radical Right in Ukraine." Forthcoming in Transforming the Transformation, edited by M. Minkenberg. Routledge Press.
Polyakova, Alina (with Neil Fligstein and Wayne Sandholtz). 2012. “European Integration, Nationalism, and European Identity.” Journal of Common Market Studies 50(S1):106-122.