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(2) In the chapters on the relative success of the language revival movement, we analyze the main issues at stake in the extensive debate over the use of language in public domains (a debate which arose simultaneously in Ukraine and in the other former Soviet republics in the glasnost years), while focusing on the prevalence of symbols, and the quest for status on the part of the groups involved. We then conduct a policy analysis of the making of the Ukrainian Language Law, also from an inter-republican perspective, and attempt to test whether language differences among Ukrainians influence political behavior, by correlating census data on language retention with electoral and referenda results, as well as roll-call votes with the spoken language and nationality of deputies in the Ukrainian parliament.","The dissertation is based entirely on unpublished sources, gathered during several research trips to Kiev and Moscow.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T14:09:09Z (GMT). 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