1st Edition
The Moulding of Ukraine The Constitutional Politics of State Formation
By Kataryna Wolczuk
Copyright 2002
340 Pages
by
Central European University Press
340 Pages
by
Central European University Press
With the disintegration of the Soviet Union, a number of new states were created that had little or no claim to any previous existence. Ukraine is one of the countries that faced not only political, social and economic transformation, but also state formation and the redefinition of national identity. This book uses Ukraine as a case study in trying to trace the key moments of decision making in... Read more
Introduction I. Constitutions and statehood: A conceptual framework II. The tradition of statehood in Ukraine III. Independence without a vision, constitution making 1990-91 IV. Simulated reforms: Ukraine under Kravchuk's presidency V. How to organize the State: constitutional debates after the 1994 elections VI. The passage of the constitution: process, actors and strategies VII. Ukraine as a nation-state: the conceptions of statehood in the 1996 constitutions VIII. Ukraine under the new constitution: the anatomy of crisis.
Biography
Kataryna Wolczuk is Professor at the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham.
