State and Institution Building in Ukraine

by Kuzio, Taras; Kravchuk, Robert S.; D'Anieri, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780312214586
• ISBN10: 0312214588
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-20
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

State and Institution Building in Ukraine represents the first in-depth and comprehensive study of state building in Ukraine. As opposed to previous books, which have focused on the political and economic transformation of the Soviet successor states, this volume argues that a market economy and democracy cannot exist in the absence of an effective state and governing institutions. Ukraine was only a quasi-state within the former USSR when it declared independence in August 1991, and thus it inherited only the rudiments of what is normally considered a "modern state." The development of a viable and capable state with effective institutions was prioritized by the executive and legislative branches who understood that a democracy, civil society, rule of law, and market economy could not be created in the absence of a genuine, functioning state. This study is the first to survey institution and state building in Ukraine by placing it within a comparative and theoretical perspective, challenging many of the current misconceptions about Ukraine and other post-Soviet countries.

Author Biography

Taras Kuzio is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Ukraine Centre, University of North London.

Robert S. Kravchuk is Associate Professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.

Paul D'Anieri is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Focusing on Emerging Institutions--Taras Kuzio * The Separation of Powers Puzzle in Ukraine--Charles R. Wise and Volodymyr Pigenko * Ukrainian Interest Groups, Corporatism, and Economic Reform--Paul Kubicek--The Impact of Domestic Divisions on Ukrainian Foreign Policy--Paul D'Anieri * Like Oil and Water--Sherman W. Garnett * The Law on the Civil Service--Bohdan Krawchenko * The Quest for Balance--Robert S. Kravchuk * Defining the Political Community in Ukraine--Taras Kuzio * Corruption in Ukraine--Roman P. Zyla * Institutional Power and Ideology in the Ukrainian Constitutional Process--Oliver Vorndran * The Donbas and the Crimea--Taras Kuzio and David J. Meyer * Conclusion: Institutionalizing Democracy in a Divided State--Paul D'Anieri * Bibliography of Secondary Sources on State and Institution-Building in Ukraine

Introduction: Focusing on Emerging Institutions--Taras Kuzio * The Separation of Powers Puzzle in Ukraine--Charles R. Wise and Volodymyr Pigenko * Ukrainian Interest Groups, Corporatism, and Economic Reform--Paul Kubicek--The Impact of Domestic Divisions on Ukrainian Foreign Policy--Paul D'Anieri * Like Oil and Water--Sherman W. Garnett * The Law on the Civil Service--Bohdan Krawchenko * The Quest for Balance--Robert S. Kravchuk * Defining the Political Community in Ukraine--Taras Kuzio * Corruption in Ukraine--Roman P. Zyla * Institutional Power and Ideology in the Ukrainian Constitutional Process--Oliver Vorndran * The Donbas and the Crimea--Taras Kuzio and David J. Meyer * Conclusion: Institutionalizing Democracy in a Divided State--Paul D'Anieri * Bibliography of Secondary Sources on State and Institution-Building in Ukraine