Understanding Ukrainian Politics: Power, Politics, and Institutional DesignM.E. Sharpe, 2007 - 299 pagina's Ukraine made headlines around the world during the winter of 2004-05 as the colorful banners of the Orange Revolution unfurled against the snowy backdrop of Kyiv, signaling the bright promise of democratic rebirth. But is that what is really happening in Ukraine? In the early post-Soviet period, Ukraine appeared to be firmly on the path to democracy. The peaceful transfer of power from Leonid Kravchuk to Leonid Kuchma in the election of 1994, followed by the adoption of a western-style democratic constitution in 1996, seemed to complete the picture. But the Kuchma presidency was soon clouded by dark rumors of corruption and even political murder, and by 2004 the country was in full-blown political crisis. A three-stage presidential contest was ultimately won by Viktor Yushchenko, who took office in 2005 and appointed Yulia Tymoshenko as premier, but the turmoil was far from over. The new government quickly faltered and splintered. This introduction to Ukrainian politics looks beyond these dramatic events and compelling personalities to identify the actual play of power in Ukraine and the operation of its political system. The author 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. What is really at work here, and how can Ukraine break the cycle of hope and disillusionment? |
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 3 |
Questioning the Connections | 23 |
Overview of the Argument | 48 |
The Evolution of Ukrainian Politics 19892006 | 74 |
Societal Divisions and the Challenge of Liberal Democracy in Ukraine | 103 |
The Constitution and ExecutiveLegislative Relations | 125 |
Cause or Effect of Weak Parties? | 148 |
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2002 parliamentary elections actors adopted candidates Chapter Communist Party consolidation create democratic deputies Duverger's law effect elec election law electoral authoritarianism electoral laws Electoral Systems elites executive branch faction forces formal fragmentation imperative mandate important incentives independent influence institutional design Kravchuk Kyiv Kyrgyzstan leftist legislation Leonid Kuchma liberal democracy majority coalition ment mixed system Moroz National number of parties Oleksandr Moroz opposition Orange Revolution parlia parliamentary system party leaders party list Party of Regions Party of Ukraine party system percent political power politicians post-Soviet postcommunist power politics PR system president presidential election presidential power presidential system prime minister pro-presidential problem question referendum reform regimes Rukh rules Russia seats selective law enforcement Shugart single-member district Socialist Party societal cleavages Soviet Union tactics tion two-party system Ukraine's Ukrainian politics undermine United Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Yushchenko vote voters weak Yulia Tymoshenko
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