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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787828703321

Autore

Anieri Paul D.

Titolo

Aspects of the orange revolution . I Democratization and election in post-Communist Ukraine / / Paul D. Anieri and Taras Kuzio (editors)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart : , : Ibidem Verlag, , 2012

ISBN

3-8382-5698-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, , 1614-3515

Disciplina

320.947

Soggetti

Presidents - Ukraine - Election - 2004

Ukraine History Orange Revolution, 2004

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction to Aspects of the Orange Revolution I-VI: Ukraine�s Second Transition in the Russian Mirror""; ""Democratization and Elections in Post-Communist Ukraine""; ""Ukraine�s 1994 Elections as an Economic Event""; ""Regime Type and Politics in Ukraine under Kuchma""; ""Rapacious Individualism and Political Competitionin Ukraine, 1992-2004""; ""The Ukrainian Orange Revolution Brought More than a New President: What Kind of Democracy Will the Institutional Changes Bring?""

""The Last Hurrah: The 2004 Ukrainian Presidential Elections and the Limits of Machine Politics""""Ukrainian Political Parties and Foreign Policy in Election Campaigns: The Parliamentary Elections of 1998 and 2002""; ""The European Union and Democratization in Ukraine""

Sommario/riassunto

Ukraine's 2004 presidential election was falsified, spurring the Orange Revolution. To many observers, the Orange Revolution was a shock, and the stolen election a recent development. However, both the election fraud and the effort to topple the government of Leonid Kuchma emerged from political dynamics that had appeared in earlier Ukrainian elections.In this path breaking volume, leading scholars place Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution in the longer perspective of Ukraine's post-Soviet electoral politics. Covering both presidential and parliamentary elections over the entire post-Soviet perio