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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783961703321

Autore

Whitmore Sarah <1971->

Titolo

State-building in Ukraine [[electronic resource] ] : the Ukrainian Parliament, 1990-2003 / / Sarah Whitmore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004

ISBN

1-134-32147-3

1-280-11360-X

0-203-39812-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies ; ; 10

Altri autori (Persone)

WhitmoreSarah <1971->

Disciplina

328.477

Soggetti

Representative government and representation - Ukraine

Ukraine Politics and government 1991-2014

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Based on an updated and revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Birmingham) under the title: Building institutions in Ukraine : the case of Parliament, 1990-2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-214) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Key terms and abbreviations; A note on transliteration; 1 Ukraine's parliament in theoretical perspective; 2 Between parties and the president; 3 Factions emergent, 1990-4; 4 Factions ascendant, 1994-8; 5 Factions dominant, 1998-2002?; 6 Committee institutionalization, 1990-2002; 7 The 'last bastion' of democracy in Ukraine?; 8 Conclusion; Appendix: List of standing committees in the Verkhovna Rada, 1990-2002; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the development of the Ukrainian parliament - the Verkhovna Rada - from before Ukraine's independence in 1991 to the present. It shows how the parliament transformed itself from a provincial republican Soviet to the national legislature of a sovereign state and from a nominal, symbolic body to a genuine legislative and representative institution. It discusses the key role of parliament in the wider state-building process and examines the evolution of political factions and the committee system in the parliament.