Independent Ukraine: Nation-state Building

In terms of population size, economic resources, and historic importance, Ukraine was second only to Russia among the Soviet republics. Yet its viability as an independent state seemed problematic, not least because of its long-established role as Russia's "junior partner" in ruling the USSR; the complex cultural heritage of its history as a borderland of empires; and its reluctance to embark upon economic reform even as it sought political connection with the West. Thus the irony that Ukraine, although the last of the post-Soviet states to adopt a new constitution, is arguably the first to establish a democratic precedent for transfer of executive power to the opposition.

With strong international contributors writing on central questions, this is the best current survey of the Ukrainian transition, with attention to: state building; national identity; political, economic, and social development; and security issues.

List of Tables, Figures, and Maps

vii

(2)

About the Editor and Contributors

ix

(2)

Preface

xi

(6)

Acknowledgments

xvii

Part A. Nation and State Building

1

(56)

Introduction

1

(2)

Peter Ferdinand

1. State, Nation, and Elites in Independent Ukraine

3

(14)

Alexander Motyl

2. The Post-Soviet Transition in Ukraine: Prospects for Stability

17

(24)

Roman Solchanyk

3. State and Institution Building in Ukraine

41

(16)

Marc Nordberg

Part B. National Identity and Regionalism

57

(58)

Introduction

57

(3)

Judy Batt

4. Regionalism and Ethnic and Linguistic Cleavages in Ukraine

60

(21)

Valeri Khmelko

Andrew Wilson

5. Civil Society and Nation Building in Ukraine

81

(18)

Mykola Riabchouk

6. Identity, Language, and Transformation in Eastern Ukraine: A Case Study of Zaporizhzhia

99

(16)

Louise Jackson

Part C. Politics and Civil Society

115

(46)

Introduction

115

(3)

Marko Bojcun

7. The Politics of Constitution Making in Ukraine

118

(21)

Kataryna Wolczuk

8. Party System Formation and Voting Behavior in the Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections of 1994

139

(22)

Sarah Birch

Part D. Economics and Society

161

(58)

Introduction

161

(4)

Neil Malcolm

9. Ukraine: A Four-Pronged Transition

165

(16)

Taras Kuzio

10. Ukraine: The Legacies of Central Planning and the Transition to a Market Economy

181

(20)

Paul Hare

Mohammed Ishaq

Saul Estrin

11. Ukraine's Economy: Strategic Issues for Successful Recovery

201

(18)

John E. Tedstrom

Part E. Foreign and Defense Policies

219

(48)

Introduction

219

(2)

Roy Allison

12. National Identity and Foreign Policy: The East Slavic Conundrum

221

(24)

Taras Kuzio

13. Ukrainian Security Policy: The Relationship between Domestic and External Factors

245

(22)

James Sherr

Bibliography of Selected Secondary Sources on Contemporary Ukraine

267

(12)

Index

279

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