Can Ukraine modernise?

An old guard corrupt to the bones, an awakened but leaderless civil society, and now the looming prospect of a country divided for years to come. Can Ukrainian society modernise, and how? LSEE Research Officer Vesna Popovski gives her first-hand experience, as she investigated governance and social cohesion in Ukraine for the FP7 project SEARCH “Sharing Knowledge Assets: Interegionally Cohesive Neighborhoods”.