Regionalism without Regions

Oksana Myshlovska is a postdoctoral researcher at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and the University of Bern, Switzerland.Ulrich Schmid is Professor of Russian Studies at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

• Note on Transliteration, List of Tables, List of Figures, List of Diagrams, List of Images,1. Introduction, 2. The Regional Differentiation of Identities in Ukraine: How Many Regions?, 3. The Ukrainian Past and Present: Legacies, Memory and Attitudes, 4. Language(s) in the Ukrainian Regions: Historical Roots and the Current Situation, 5. Literary Mediascapes in Ukraine, 6. Religion and the Cultural Geography of Ukraine, 7. Recent Regional Economic Development in Ukraine: Does History Help to Explain the Differences?, 8. Ukraine in 2013-2014: A New Political Geography, 9. Renegotiating Ukrainian Identity at the Euromaidan, 10. Conclusion, Index

"All studies in the volume combine in-depth analysis and precise language with a broad, synthetic approach. They bring survey results of unquestionable value into the academic conversation. Another strong point is bibliographical comprehensiveness. Unlike many publications on such themes, the volume includes not only chapters by Western academics or the Ukrainian scholars best known in the West; researchers from academic centres across Ukraine are also represented. Yaroslav Hrytsak writes in this volume that 'the more is known about regionalism, the more pertinent and sophisticated are the questions that have to be formulated.' The reviewed book is good proof of this guideline."