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What Do Moldovans Think of and How Do They Talk about the Russian Aggression against Ukraine? Prolegomena for Qualitative Inquiry

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  • Negură Petru

    (Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Regensburg, Germany)

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This essay explores the advantages of a qualitative approach based on a preliminary analysis of a collection of street interviews broadcast from March 2022 to March 2023 in the Republic of Moldova via 34 radio programmes. While the results of the opinion polls reflect a clear division of opinion on the war in Ukraine within Moldovan society along pre-existing geopolitical lines, the interviews highlight the possibility of consensus among respondents voicing opposing views on the causes of the war. Regardless of ideological positions however, when asked, most respondents said they wished for peace. The author reflects on the potential inherent in that common response for a type of community based on inclusion and cohabitation.

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  • Negură Petru, 2023. "What Do Moldovans Think of and How Do They Talk about the Russian Aggression against Ukraine? Prolegomena for Qualitative Inquiry," Comparative Southeast European Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 71(2), pages 237-251, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:soeuro:v:71:y:2023:i:2:p:237-251:n:2
    DOI: 10.1515/soeu-2023-0028
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    1. Negură Petru & Suveica Svetlana, 2023. "Everyday Ethnicity and Popular Responses to Nation-Building Projects in Moldova After 1989," Comparative Southeast European Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 71(4), pages 465-487, December.

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    Moldova; Ukraine; Russia; war; peace;
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