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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Main Authors:	O’Loughlin, John, Toal, Gerard, Chamberlain-Creangă, Rebecca
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:	public opinion geopolitics nation-building
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16188

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spelling	okr-10986-161882021-04-23T14:03:27Z Divided Space, Divided Attitudes? Comparing the Republics of Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) Using Simultaneous Surveys O’Loughlin, John Toal, Gerard Chamberlain-Creangă, Rebecca public opinion geopolitics nation-building 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. 2013-10-17T19:31:06Z 2013-10-17T19:31:06Z 2013-08-06 Journal Article Eurasian Geography and Economics 1538-7216 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16188 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Moldova
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spellingShingle	public opinion geopolitics nation-building O’Loughlin, John Toal, Gerard Chamberlain-Creangă, Rebecca Divided Space, Divided Attitudes? Comparing the Republics of Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) Using Simultaneous Surveys
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description	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.
format	Journal Article
author	O’Loughlin, John Toal, Gerard Chamberlain-Creangă, Rebecca
author_facet	O’Loughlin, John Toal, Gerard Chamberlain-Creangă, Rebecca
author_sort	O’Loughlin, John
title	Divided Space, Divided Attitudes? Comparing the Republics of Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) Using Simultaneous Surveys
title_short	Divided Space, Divided Attitudes? Comparing the Republics of Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) Using Simultaneous Surveys
title_full	Divided Space, Divided Attitudes? Comparing the Republics of Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) Using Simultaneous Surveys
title_fullStr	Divided Space, Divided Attitudes? Comparing the Republics of Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) Using Simultaneous Surveys
title_full_unstemmed	Divided Space, Divided Attitudes? Comparing the Republics of Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) Using Simultaneous Surveys
title_sort	divided space, divided attitudes? comparing the republics of moldova and pridnestrovie (transnistria) using simultaneous surveys
publisher	Taylor and Francis
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Divided Space, Divided Attitudes? Comparing the Republics of Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) Using Simultaneous Surveys

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