Gon M. Interethnic Interaction in the West-Ukrainian Territories in the Interwar Period.

The dissertation purports to examine the participation of the subjects of West-Ukrainian ethno-political sphere in the interethnic interaction. The study highlights constant and situational factors in the politization of the ethnic groups, distinctive features and patterns in ethno-political behavior of the disperse and ethno-areal communities in different political situations. The dissertation provides an analysis of ethno-national politics of the states, ambivalent nature of the interethnic compromises. A case has been made for the controversial role of the interethnic socio-cultural distance in the interethnic interaction.The thesis gives an analysis of ethno-political, value-system and ethno-social contradictions and conflicts among ethno-national communities with equal and different status, the methods of protection of group interests, the culture of interethnic interaction.