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Subject(s)

• Representative government and representation—Ukraine [Browse]
• Ukraine—Politics and government—1991-. [Browse]
• Ukraine Verkhovna Rada [Browse]

Related work(s)

Whitmore, Sarah, 1971- Building institutions in Ukraine. [Browse]

Series

• BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies ; 10. [More in this series]
• BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies ; 10 [More in this series]

Summary note

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.

Notes

• Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
• Based on an updated and revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Birmingham) under the title: Building institutions in Ukraine : the case of Parliament, 1990-2000.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-214) and index.

Language note

English

Contents

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Key terms and abbreviations; A note on transliteration; 1 Ukraine's parliament in theoretical perspective; 2 Between parties and the president; 3 Factions emergent, 1990-4; 4 Factions ascendant, 1994-8; 5 Factions dominant, 1998-2002?; 6 Committee institutionalization, 1990-2002; 7 The 'last bastion' of democracy in Ukraine?; 8 Conclusion; Appendix: List of standing committees in the Verkhovna Rada, 1990-2002; Notes; Bibliography; Index

ISBN

• 1-134-32147-3
• 1-280-11360-X
• 0-203-39812-2

OCLC

252962674

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