State Building in Ukraine

The Ukrainian parliament, 1990-2003
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-415-65192-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 368 g

Reihe: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

This book examines the development of the Ukrainian parliament - the Verkhovna Rada - from before Ukraine's independence in 1991 to the present. It shows how the parliament transformed itself from a provincial republican Soviet to the national legislature of a sovereign state and from a nominal, symbolic body to a genuine legislative and representative institution. It discusses the key role of parliament in the wider state-building process and examines the evolution of political factions and the committee system in the parliament.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whitmore, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Ukraine's Parliament in Theoretical Perspective 2. Between Parties and the President: The Verkhovna Rada, 1990-2003 3. Factions Emergent 4. Factions Ascendant 5. Factions Dominant? 6. Committee Institutionalization, 1990-2003 7. The 'Last Bastion' of Ukrainian Democracy? 8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Whitmore is Lecturer in Politics at Oxford Brookes University. Formerly, she worked as an ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre from Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham and as a teacher in Kyiv. Her main research interests concern legislatures and parties in post-Soviet states.