Cultural comparisons and their consequences for nationhood in Ukraine

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ID12301958
AuthorsStephen Shulman (Department of Political Science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4501, USA, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume39
Issue2
Pages247-263
Publication date2006-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.postcomstud.2006.03.007
OpenAlexW2046901248
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited5

Several theories of nationalism argue that ethnic and regional cultural heterogeneity are a source of conflict and alienation in a state, and therefore impede nation-building. This article tests this assertion with respect to ethnic and regional differences in Ukraine. Using a 2001 mass public opinion survey developed by the author, the article engages in bi-variate and multivariate statistical analysis of the relationship between perceived ethnic and ethno-regional diversity in Ukraine and various measures of national identity and national unity. The results of this analysis suggest that subjective cultural differences in Ukraine do not substantially undermine national identity, but they do weaken national unity

Aesthetics · Alienation · Assertion · Cultural diversity · Development economics · Diversity (politics · Economics · Ethnic group · Identity (music · National identity · National Unity · Nationalism · Political science · Public opinion · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Gender Studies · Law · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Soviet and Russian History

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