Ukraine: Improbable democratic "Nation-State" but possible democratic "State-Nation"?

A political scientist uses the familiar "nation-state" ideal type and the new "state-nation" type to explore the prospects for democracy in multinational societies. Are the ideal type distinctions between "nation-state" and "state-nation" strategies a useful way to analyze Ukraine's situation at independence in 1991? Data from public opinion surveys and the political science literature are used to examine compromises, conditions, and identities that facilitate the use of "state-nation" policies in Ukraine. Comparing Ukraine with countries such as Belgium, Spain, and India, the ways in which both ideal types aim to create identification with a democratically usable state by systematically different policies toward cultural communities are explored.