Moulding of Ukraine : the Constitutional Politics of State Formation.

Moulding of Ukraine : the Constitutional Politics of State Formation.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolczuk, Kataryna
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Central European University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Since 1991
Constitutional law > Ukraine.
Constitutional history > Ukraine.
Constitutional history
Constitutional law
Politics and government
Ukraine > Politics and government > 1991-2014.
Ukraine
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Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: Constitutions and Statehoods
  • Constitutions and Constitutionalism: the Anglo-Saxon and European Continental Perspectives
  • Functions of the Constitution
  • Constitution and State Formation
  • Plan of the Book
  • Notes
  • 2. In Search of a Tradition: Discontinuities of Statehood in Ukraine's History
  • From Kyiv Rus' to the Hetmanate
  • The Ukrainian Revolution
  • Ukraine's National 'Awakening' in the Nineteenth Century
  • The Ukrainian Revolution, 1917-1921: an Overview.
  • The Ukrainian State, 1917-1921
  • The Political Community
  • The Institutional Framework
  • Institutions at the Centre
  • The Territory and Territorial-Administrative Model
  • The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic: 1919-1991
  • The Institutional Framework: the System of Soviets
  • The Territorial Changes and Administrative Division
  • The Political Community
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 3. Independence Without a Vision: Constitution Making in 1990-1991
  • Ukrainian Society under the Soviet Union: an Overview
  • Ukraine on the Eve of Independence
  • The Passage to Independence.
  • The Limits of Change: Constitutional Debates and Institutional Reforms, 1990-1991
  • The Form of Government
  • Socialism in Sovereign Ukraine: Ideology of the New State
  • Defining the 'Sovereign People'
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 4. Simulating Reforms Amidst Constitutional Disarray: Ukraine Under Kravchuk's Presidency
  • The Political Scene after the Independence
  • The National-Democrats
  • Centre
  • The 'Former 239' and the Left
  • Executive-Legislative Relations: from Impasse to Crisis
  • The Aggrandisement of the Presidency
  • Kravchuk as the Chief Executive
  • The Rise of the Prime Minister.
  • A Stalemate
  • Constitution Drafting, 1992-1993
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 5. How to Organise the State? Constitutional Debates After the 1994 Elections
  • The 1994 Parliamentary and Presidential Elections
  • The New Parliament: an Undecided Balance
  • The New President: the Eclectic Electoral Platform
  • Defining Ukrainian Statehood: the Constitutional Issues and Preferences
  • The Form of Government
  • The Left: Norodovladia
  • The National-Democrats: away from the Soviets
  • The President: in Pursuit of Executive Powers
  • The Territorial Framework of the State.
  • Federalism versus Unitary Models
  • Federalism
  • Unitarism
  • Crimea
  • The Unitary Model: 'Reformers', 'Restorationists' and Decentralisation
  • Regional Units
  • The Role and Powers of the Regional Self-governing Bodies
  • Representation of Regions at the Centre
  • Defining the 'Political Community'
  • The National-Democrats: the 'Ukrainian People'
  • The Left: 'the People of Ukraine'
  • The Parliamentary Centre and the President
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 6. The Passage of the Constitution: Process, Actors, and Strategies
  • From a 'Little' to a 'Big' Constitution.

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