Beschreibung:
Presents an introduction to Ukrainian politics, which identifies the actual play of power in Ukraine and the operation of its political system. This work seeks to explain how it is that, after each new beginning, power politics has trumped democratic institution-building in Ukraine, as in so many other post-Soviet states.
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Institutions and Democracy; Chapter 3 Power and Institutions; Chapter 4 The Evolution of Ukrainian Politics, 1989-2006; Chapter 5 Societal Divisions and the Challenge of Liberal Democracy in Ukraine; Chapter 6 The Constitution and Executive-Legislative Relations; Chapter 7 The Electoral Law; Chapter 8 Parliamentary Rules and Party Development; Chapter 9 How Power Politics Trumps Institutional Design; Chapter 10 Ukraine in Comparative Perspective; Chapter 11 Beyond the Orange Revolution;