Language and identity in post-1991 Ukraine: was it really nation-building?
Journal: Dublin City University Open Access Institutional Repository (Dublin City University)
Year: 2011

After the collapse of three socialist federations in Eastern Europe, the expression ‘nation-building’ returned&#13;\nto the heart of academic debates. Like other former socialist republics, Ukraine has started its nation-&#13;\nbuilding project trying to balance between a limitation of centrifugal forces and the ‘nationalisation’&#13;\n(Brubaker 1994) of the state. This article examines the main features of language policies within the&#13;\nUkrainian nation-building project and adopts a dual ap