<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article is devoted to the issue of national identity and political preferences of the region of Central Ukraine. The essence of the “in-the-middle” position is tested using a national representative survey known as “Ukrainian Society” for the period of 2000–2012. This longitudinal survey allows for the delineation of tendencies of well-articulated political identities. This includes Galicia being compared to Crimea and Donbas. In this study these areas are compared to those of the Center, a region with an identity lacking thorough study. The specific trends in the development of a national identity and of political preferences are defined and compared within rural and urban populations in the analysed regions. The Center was chosen as a comparison to other Ukrainian regions as it characterizes the mobilization of political support in the formative years of Ukraine, commencing with the Orange Revolution in the fall of 2004.</p></abstract>

This article is devoted to the issue of national identity and political preferences of the region of Central Ukraine. The essence of the “in-the-middle” position is tested using a national representative survey known as “Ukrainian Society” for the period of 2000–2012. This longitudinal survey allows for the delineation of tendencies of well-articulated political identities. This includes Galicia being compared to Crimea and Donbas. In this study these areas are compared to those of the Center, a region with an identity lacking thorough study. The specific trends in the development of a national identity and of political preferences are defined and compared within rural and urban populations in the analysed regions. The Center was chosen as a comparison to other Ukrainian regions as it characterizes the mobilization of political support in the formative years of Ukraine, commencing with the Orange Revolution in the fall of 2004.

Political and National Identity in Ukraine’s Regions: Where Does the Center Fit?

Polish Political Science Review

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This article is devoted to the issue of national identity and political preferences of the region of Central Ukraine. The essence of the “in-the-middle”...

Political and National Identity in Ukraine’s Regions: Where Does the Center Fit?

Published Online: Dec 08, 2017

Page range: 18 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ppsr-2015-0033

Keywords
state-nation identity, political choice, civilization theory, modernization

© 2016 Nataliia Pohorila, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Political and National Identity in Ukraine’s Regions: Where Does the Center Fit?

Published Online: Dec 08, 2017

Page range: 18 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ppsr-2015-0033

Keywordsstate-nation identity, political choice, civilization theory, modernization

© 2016 Nataliia Pohorila, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
state-nation identity, political choice, civilization theory, modernization