Dilemmas of State-Led Nation Building in Ukraine

by Taras Kuzio

Overview

Examines the state's role in Ukrainian nation-building, evaluating the effects of various state programs to promote national identity, while assessing their potential for success or likelihood for backfiring.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313070105
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/30/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

TARAS KUZIO is a Research Associate at the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto. His most recent publication is Ukraine: Perestroika to Independence (2000).

PAUL ÁNIERI is Associate Dean, Office of International Programs, at the University of Kansas. He is the author of Economic Interdependence in Ukrainian-Russian Relations (1999).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Debating the Assumption of State Led Nation-Building in Ukraine by Paul D'Anieri
The Nation-building Project in Ukraine and Identity: Towards a Consensus by Taras Kuzio
Rewriting and Rethinking: Contemporary Historiography and Nation-Building in Ukraine by Georgii Kasianov
Culture and Cultural Politics in Ukraine: A Post-Colonial Perspective by Mykola Riabchuk
Mass Attitudes and Ethnic Conflict in Ukraine by Craig A. Weller
The Internal-External Nexus in the Formation of Ukrainian National Identity: The Case for Slavic Integration
Region, Language, and Nationality: Rethinking Support in Ukraine for Maintaining Distance From Russia by Lowell W. Barrington
Nation-Building in the Ukrainian Military by Andrew Fesiak
Identity Construction and Education: The History of Ukraine in Soviet and Post-Soviet Schoolbooks by Jan G. Janmaat
Conclusion: Regionalism and Nation-Building in a Divided Society by Nancy Popson
Index

Editorial Reviews

This is by far the best book for anyone trying to understand the birth pangs of a nation and state in post-Soviet Eastern Europe. Ukraine is the largest such unit, and this volume is essentially a presentation of the clashing views of Ukrainian intellectual and political leaders about the direction nation-building should take and who should be the legitimate builders. . . . Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” —Choice

“This book will be useful for students of political science who are interested in policy questions involving nationality and identifying politics in Ukraine.” —Slavic Review

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