Independent Ukraine: Nation-State Building and Post-communist Transition Nation-State Building and Post-communist Transition

Name: Independent Ukraine: Nation-State Building and Post-communist Transition Nation-State Building and Post-communist Transition
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ISBN: 9780765602244

ISBN-10: 0765602245

ISBN-13: 9780765602244

Edition: 1998

Authors: Taras Kuzio

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In terms of population size, economic resources, and historic importance, Ukraine was second only to Russia among the Soviet republics. Yet its viability as an independent state seemed problematic, not least because of its long-established role as Russia's junior partner in ruling the USSR; the complex cultural heritage of its history as a borderland of empires; and its reluctance to embark upon economic reform even as it sought political connection with the West. Thus the irony that Ukraine, although the last of the post-Soviet states to adopt a new constitution, is arguably the first to establish a democratic precedent for transfer of executive power to the opposition.With strong…

Book details

List price: $60.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/31/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Nation and State Building


Introduction


State, Nation and Elite in Independent Ukraine


The Post-Soviet Transition in Ukraine: Prospects for Stability


State and Institution Building in Ukraine


National Identity and Regionalism


Introduction


Regionalism, Ethnic and Linguistic Cleavages in Ukraine


Civil Society and National Identity in Ukraine


Identity, Language and Transition in Eastern Ukraine: A Case Study of Zaporizhzhia


Politics and Civil Society


Introduction


The Politics of Constitution Making in Ukraine


Party System Formation and Voting Behavior in the Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections of 1994


Economics and Society


Introduction


Ukraine: A Four-Pronged Transition


The Legacies of Central Planning and the Problems of the Transition to a Market Economy in Ukraine


Ukraine's Economy: Strategic Issues for Successful Recovery


Foreign and Defense Policies


Introduction


National Identity and Foreign Policy: The East Slavic Conundrum


Ukrainian Security Policy: The Relationship Between Domestic and External Factors