The Real Consequences of Symbolic Politics: Breaking the Soviet Past in Ukraine.
In: Journal of Politics, Jg. 84 (2022-07-01), Heft 3, S. 1263-1277
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Conflicts over symbolic issues are prominent in public affairs, but do they have wider political consequences, and if so, why? We study the electoral effects of Leninopad ("Lenin's free fall"), a sudden wave of demolitions of Soviet monuments in Ukraine. Difference-in-differences estimates show that the removals of the Soviet symbols mobilized supporters for parties with a relatively sympathetic view of Ukraine's Soviet past. We attribute this backlash effect to a signaling mechanism: the removals indicated the weakening power status of the Soviet legacy parties, which motivated their supporters to turn out in elections. This backlash dissipated once the Soviet symbols ceased being a contentious partisan issue due to the escalating war in eastern Ukraine. Symbolic politics has real, nonsymbolic consequences, but only when it maps onto partisan cleavages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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The Real Consequences of Symbolic Politics: Breaking the Soviet Past in Ukraine.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Rozenas, Arturas ; Vlasenko, Anastasiia |
Zeitschrift: | Journal of Politics, Jg. 84 (2022-07-01), Heft 3, S. 1263-1277 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2022 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0022-3816 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1086/718210 |
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