Sabine Kropp
& Aadne Aasland

POLITICAL REFORMS IN UKRAINE AND THEIR EFFECTS
ON SOCIAL COHESION: A CONCEPTUALIZATION *

3

Jørn Holm-Hansen
& Sabine Kropp

THE REGIONAL DIVERSITY OF UKRAINE:
CAN FEDERALIZATION BE ACHIEVED? *

23

Kostiantyn Fedorenko
& Andreas Umland

A TRIADIC NEXUS CONFLICT? UKRAINE’S NATIONALIZING POLICIES, RUSSIA’S HOMELAND NATIONALISM,
AND THE DYNAMICS OF ESCALATION IN 2014–2019 *

47

Maryna Rabinovych
& Mikkel Berg-Nordlie

REGULATING MINORITY LANGUAGES IN UKRAINE’S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: DEBATE, LEGAL FRAMEWORK
AND IMPLEMENTATION *

71

Artem Lytovchenko,
Dmytro Boiko,
Daria Yashkina
& Jørn Holm-Hansen

THE DISCOURSE OF MODERATION AND COHESION
AS AN EFFECTIVE ELECTORAL TOOL:
SLUHA NARODU IN UKRAINE’S 2019 PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN *

93

Aadne Aasland,
Olga Filippova,
Oleksandra Deineko
& Ruslan Zaporozhchenko

DECENTRALIZATION, SOCIAL COHESION
AND ETHNO-CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN UKRAINE’S BORDER REGIONS *

118

Marthe Handå Myhre,
Olena Muradyan,
& Oksana Nekhaienko

EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND LANGUAGE POLICY IN UKRAINE:
IMPLEMENTATION IN THE BORDER REGIONS *

141

Olga Filippova
& Oleksandra Deineko

THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY IN THE UKRAINIAN BORDER REGIONS *

171

Aadne Aasland,
Oleksandra Deineko,
Olga Filippova
& Sabine Kropp

CITIZENS’ PERSPECTIVES: REFORM AND SOCIAL COHESION
IN UKRAINE’S BORDER REGIONS *

191