State and Institution Building in Contemporary Ukraine
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 30. November 1999
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-333-76524-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is a study of state building in Ukraine. The author argues that a market economy and democracy cannot exist in the absence of a state and institutions. Ukraine was a quasi-state within the former USSR when it became independent in January 1992, and thus it inherited only the rudiments of what is traditionally considered a modern state. The creation of a state with viable institutions was prioritized by the executive and legislature who understood that a democracy, civil society, the rule of law and a market economy could not be created in the absence of a state. This study surveys institution and state building in Ukraine by placing it within a comparative and theoretical perspective, challenging many of the current misconceptions commonly held about Ukraine and other post-Soviet countries in the throes of their transformation projects.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 146 mm
Weight
516 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-76524-1 (9780333765241)
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Persons
TARAS KUZIO is a research fellow at CREES at The University of Birmingham. His books include Ukraine: Perestroika to Independence and Ukranian Security Policy, and Ukraine Under Kuchma: Political Reform, Economic Transformation. PAUL D'ANIERI is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas. He is the author of Economic Interdependence in Ukranian-Russian Relations. ROBERT S. KRAVCHUK is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut in the Institute of Public and Urban Affairs.
Editor
Associate Profesor of Political Science, University of Kansas USA
Content
State and Institution Building Within a Comparative and Theoretical Framework; T.Kuzio & R.S.Kravchuk - Institution Building in Ukraine; B.Kravchenko - Ukraine's Constitution Process; O.Vorndran - The Development of the Private Sector and Corruption; R.Zyla - The Media; M.Bojcun - Ukraine as a 'Weak' State; P.D'Anieri - The Ukrainian Parliament; C.Wise - Economic Interest Groups in Ukraine; Margarita Balmaceda - Elections; J.Clem - The Domestic Sources of Ukranian Foreign Policy; S.Garnett - Centers and Peripheries: Building a State and Civic Nation; T.Kuzio - Conclusions; P.D'Anieri