The Moulding of Ukraine

Kataryna Wolczuk

Title: The Moulding of Ukraine
Subtitle: The Constitutional Politics of State Formation
Author: Kataryna Wolczuk
Price: € 68,95 excl. VAT
ISBN: 9789639241251
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 338
Language: English
Publication date: 01 - 12 - 2001
Dimensions: 15.2 x 22.9 cm
Category: Legal Studies
Discipline: Social and Political Sciences
Imprint: CEU Press
Also available as: Hardback - € 141,00

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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

Kataryna Wolczuk

The Moulding of Ukraine

The Constitutional Politics of State Formation

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 the course of creating a new state while shedding the legacies of "Soviet-type" statehood.

The Moulding of Ukraine offers a systematic examination of competing ideological visions of statehood and discusses them against the backdrop of historical traditions in Ukraine. This well-documented and lucidly written book is the only coherent account available in English of the process of constitutional reform, offering an insight into post-Soviet Ukrainian politics. A useful addition to university course reading lists in Ukrainian studies, post-Soviet studies, post-communist democratization, comparative constitutionalism, state-building and institutional design.

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