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

by Kuzio,Taras

• ISBN13: 9780765602237
• ISBN10: 0765602237
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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 international contributors writing on central questions, this is the best current survey of the Ukrainian transition, with attention to: state building; national identity; political, economic, and social development; and security issues.

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Figures, and Maps	vii	(2)
About the Editor and Contributors	ix	(2)
Preface	xi	(6)
Acknowledgments	xvii
Part A. Nation and State Building	1	(56)
Introduction	1	(2)
Peter Ferdinand
1. State, Nation, and Elites in Independent Ukraine	3	(14)
Alexander Motyl
2. The Post-Soviet Transition in Ukraine: Prospects for Stability	17	(24)
Roman Solchanyk
3. State and Institution Building in Ukraine	41	(16)
Marc Nordberg
Part B. National Identity and Regionalism	57	(58)
Introduction	57	(3)
Judy Batt
4. Regionalism and Ethnic and Linguistic Cleavages in Ukraine	60	(21)
Valeri Khmelko
Andrew Wilson
5. Civil Society and Nation Building in Ukraine	81	(18)
Mykola Riabchouk
6. Identity, Language, and Transformation in Eastern Ukraine: A Case Study of Zaporizhzhia	99	(16)
Louise Jackson
Part C. Politics and Civil Society	115	(46)
Introduction	115	(3)
Marko Bojcun
7. The Politics of Constitution Making in Ukraine	118	(21)
Kataryna Wolczuk
8. Party System Formation and Voting Behavior in the Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections of 1994	139	(22)
Sarah Birch
Part D. Economics and Society	161	(58)
Introduction	161	(4)
Neil Malcolm
9. Ukraine: A Four-Pronged Transition	165	(16)
Taras Kuzio
10. Ukraine: The Legacies of Central Planning and the Transition to a Market Economy	181	(20)
Paul Hare
Mohammed Ishaq
Saul Estrin
11. Ukraine's Economy: Strategic Issues for Successful Recovery	201	(18)
John E. Tedstrom
Part E. Foreign and Defense Policies	219	(48)
Introduction	219	(2)
Roy Allison
12. National Identity and Foreign Policy: The East Slavic Conundrum	221	(24)
Taras Kuzio
13. Ukrainian Security Policy: The Relationship between Domestic and External Factors	245	(22)
James Sherr
Bibliography of Selected Secondary Sources on Contemporary Ukraine	267	(12)
Index	279