Question

describe the rise in ukranian national identity? please explain this using the example

Answer 1

Theorists of nationalism, such as Ernest Gellner, Karl Deutsch, Benedict Anderson, and Eric Hobsbawm, have identified increase in mass-communication, a common linguistic medium, and urbanization as primary factors responsible for shaping a common national identity and the emergence of a stable nationstate. While asserting nationalism played a relative weak historical role in the case of Ukraine, these factors were substantially strengthened, especially in the post-independence period since 1991. Other variables, such as age and region, were also predicted to have a substantial effect in shaping a common Ukrainian identity.

The 1996 Eurobarometer survey is used as a basis for a linear regression model and logit analysis to test the statistical significance of these variables in shaping a common Ukrainian identity. As predicted, most variables proved statistically significant at various levels, especially the language variables. The only surprise was the insignificance of Western region as an independent factor shaping Ukrainian identity.

Due to several problems in question format and choice options, the analysis may have overstated the number of "Ukrainian" respondents as well as the role of language as an overwhelmingly significant factor in the regression. As several other surveys suggest, the language situation is much more complex in Ukraine. Also, there were several variables missing in the survey, such as religion, party preference, and ideology, which might have impacted the formation of Ukrainian identity