Divided space, divided attitudes? Comparing the Republics of Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) using simultaneous surveys

Has 20 years of separation between the Republics of Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria, PMR) generated a division in attitudes and beliefs in the two populations? Using near-simultaneous social scientific surveys from the summer of 2010 in the two republics, we measured four localized geopoliti...

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Published in:Eurasian geography and economics 2013-04, Vol.54 (2), p.227-258
Main Authors: O’Loughlin, John, Toal, Gerard, Chamberlain-Creangă, Rebecca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bgi / Prodig
Europe
Former USSR
geopolitics
Moldova
nation-building
public opinion
Transnistria
Ukraine. Belorussia. Moldavia
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Summary:Has 20 years of separation between the Republics of Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria, PMR) generated a division in attitudes and beliefs in the two populations? Using near-simultaneous social scientific surveys from the summer of 2010 in the two republics, we measured four localized geopolitical divides: the local economies, historical memories, political legitimacies, and geopolitical orientations. Our findings challenge the notion that Moldova's territorial disunion has produced separate experiential and attitudinal worlds. Complicating geopolitical commentary that locates an East-West fault-line running through Moldova, we find that separateness has not created an attitudinal chasm, but prospects of ending the separation are not supported by the surveys.
ISSN:1538-7216
1938-2863
DOI:10.1080/15387216.2013.816619