TY - BOOK AU - D`Anieri,Paul TI - Understanding Ukrainian politics : power, politics and institutional design SN - 9780765618122 AV - JN6635 .D365 2007 U1 - 320.9477 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Armonk PB - M E Sharpe KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Ukraine KW - Politics and government KW - 1991- N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-286) and index; Introduction -- Institutions and democracy : questioning the connections -- Power and institutions : overview of the argument -- The evolution of Ukrainian politics 1989-2004 -- Societal divisions and the challenge of liberal democracy in Ukraine -- The constitution and executive-legislative relations -- The electoral law : cause or effect of weak parties? -- Parliamentary rules and party development -- How power politics trumps institutional design -- Ukraine in comparative perspective : electoral authoritarianism in the former Soviet Union and beyond -- Beyond the Orange Revolution : an agenda for further reform ER -