02889oam 2200649I 450 991045775870332120200520144314.01-315-69848-X1-317-45299-21-280-91288-X97866109128890-7656-2168-110.4324/9781315698489 (CKB)1000000000348421(EBL)302495(OCoLC)437183482(SSID)ssj0000264776(PQKBManifestationID)11217001(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264776(PQKBWorkID)10292813(PQKB)11636069(MiAaPQ)EBC1968799(MiAaPQ)EBC302495(Au-PeEL)EBL1968799(CaPaEBR)ebr10178119(CaONFJC)MIL91288(OCoLC)905984298(OCoLC)958108864(Au-PeEL)EBL302495(EXLCZ)99100000000034842120180706e20152007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnderstanding Ukrainian politics power, politics, and institutional design /Paul D'AnieriLondon ;New York :Routledge,2015.1 online resource (312 p.)"First published 2007 by M.E. Sharpe"--t.p. verso.0-7656-1811-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-286) and index.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.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.Power (Social sciences)UkraineUkrainePolitics and government1991-Electronic books.Power (Social sciences)320.9477D'Anieri Paul J.1965-,846068MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457758703321Understanding Ukrainian politics1889978UNINA