LEADER 02850nam 22006374a 450 001 9910813072903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-315-69848-X 010 $a1-317-45299-2 010 $a1-280-91288-X 010 $a9786610912889 010 $a0-7656-2168-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315698489 035 $a(CKB)1000000000348421 035 $a(EBL)302495 035 $a(OCoLC)437183482 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000264776 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11217001 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264776 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10292813 035 $a(PQKB)11636069 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1968799 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC302495 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1968799 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10178119 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL91288 035 $a(OCoLC)905984298 035 $a(OCoLC)958108864 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL302495 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000348421 100 $a20060511d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnderstanding Ukrainian politics $epower, politics, and institutional design /$fPaul D'Anieri 210 $aArmonk, N.Y. $cM.E. Sharpe, Inc.$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (312 p.) 300 $a"First published 2007 by M.E. Sharpe"--t.p. verso. 311 $a0-7656-1811-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-286) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$zUkraine 607 $aUkraine$xPolitics and government$y1991- 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 676 $a320.9477 700 $aD'Anieri$b Paul J.$f1965-$01350730 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813072903321 996 $aUnderstanding Ukrainian politics$94070554 997 $aUNINA