Understanding Ukrainian politics : power, politics, and institutional design /
D'Anieri, Paul J.,1965-
Armonk, N.Y. ; London : M.E. Sharpe,
c2007.
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.
Power (Social sciences)