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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Ukraine before the collapse of the Soviet Union: New Realities
Chapter 2. Kravchuk: A President-Romantic
Chapter 3. Kuchma’s Epoch
Chapter 4. A Split Ukraine
Chapter 5. A Geopolitical Turn of President Yushchenko
Chapter 6. Viktor Yanukovitch’s Term: Between Europe and Russia
Chapter 7. Petro Poroshenko: A New Stage of Development in Ukraine
Chapter 8. Volodymyr Zelensky: A Dark Horse
Conclusion
Appendix
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Reviews
“The author reveals the peculiarities of the internal political development of Ukraine. The stages of establishment of the political elite of Ukraine are shown. The factors that determine its approaches to the implementation of domestic and foreign policy of the country are studied. Of interest is the analysis of constant transitions of Ukraine from the presidential form of government to the parliamentary-presidential one and back. It becomes obvious that the political development of Ukraine can still bring a lot of surprises.” – Nikolay P. Medvedev, Doctor of Political Science, Professor of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow
““The book reflects the acute confrontation that has been going on in Ukraine for almost thirty years between regional elites. The author has shown that their different ideas about the future development of the country are determined by the history of formation of the Ukrainian state. This factor is the key reason for political clashes. This book is the first one that thoroughly and objectively shows the struggle for power in Ukraine. The works written by Ukrainian authors, which Dr Zhiltsov used for this monograph allowed to avoid political engagement in covering the most acute periods of Ukrainian political life and, at the same time, to show frankly the changes in the ‘political landscape’ and the role of individual political forces.”- Yuliy A. Nisnevich, Doctor of Political Science, Professor of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow
Keywords
Ukraine, post-Soviet space, political parties, political systems, political struggle