Why Ukraine is not Russia: Hegemonic national identity and democracy in Russia and Ukraine

East European Politics and Societies

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 813-833

  Brudny, Yitzhak M ^a   Finkel, Evgeny ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Identity; Russia; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955193300     PISSN: 08883254     EISSN: 15338371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0888325411401379     Document Type: Article

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