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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784473703321

Autore

D'Anieri Paul J. <1965-, >

Titolo

Understanding Ukrainian politics : power, politics, and institutional design / / Paul D'Anieri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-69848-X

1-317-45299-2

1-280-91288-X

9786610912889

0-7656-2168-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Disciplina

320.9477

Soggetti

Power (Social sciences) - Ukraine

Ukraine Politics and government 1991-2014

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2007 by M.E. Sharpe"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Institutions and democracy : questioning the connections -- Power and institutions : overview of the argument -- The evolution of Ukrainian politics 1989-2004 -- Societal divisions and the challenge of liberal democracy in Ukraine -- The constitution and executive-legislative relations -- The electoral law  : cause or effect of weak parties? -- Parliamentary rules and party development -- How power politics trumps institutional design -- Ukraine in comparative perspective : electoral authoritarianism in the former Soviet Union and beyond -- Beyond the Orange Revolution : an agenda for further reform.

Sommario/riassunto

In the early post-Soviet period, Ukraine appeared to be firmly on the path to democracy. But the Kuchma presidency was clouded by dark rumors of corruption and even political murder, and, by 2004, the country was in full-blown political crisis. This book looks beyond these dramatic events and aims to identify the actual play of power in Ukraine.