| ID | 186025 |
| Title Proper | When Lenin Becomes Lennon |
| Other Title Information | Decommunisation and the Politics of Memory in Ukraine |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kovalov, Maksym |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines the politics of renaming streets as a symbolic form of decommunisation in Ukraine. The evidence suggests that political factors, or ‘politics of the present’, rather than structural factors, or ‘politics of the past’, explain the opposition to decommunisation since 2015. More specifically, two mutually necessary factors—the interaction among subnational veto players and the efforts of toponymic commissions—explain the opposition to the renaming of streets. Regions with a high number of subnational veto players and low engagement by toponymic commissions have shown a higher degree of resistance to the renaming of streets. |
| `In' analytical Note | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 74, No.5; Jun 2022: p.709-733 |
| Journal Source | Europe-Asia Studies Vol: 74 No 5 |
| Key Words | Ukraine ; Politics of Memory |