Screen LibraryTowards a political economy of Ukraine : selected essays 1990-2015 /
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ibidem-Verlag,
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| Publisher Address: | Stuttgart : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 290 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783838213682 3838213688 |
| Index Number: | HC340 |
| CLC: | F151.130 |
| Call Number: | F151.130/B685 |
| Contents: |
List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Foreword by John-Paul Himka -- Ukraine: The Issue of National Self-determination -- The political terrain -- The republican elections -- The issues -- The Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections in March-April 1994 -- The election law -- The contestants -- The election campaign -- The results -- Analysis of results -- Conclusions -- Leonid Kuchma's Presidency in Its First Year -- Conclusion -- The Ukrainian Economy since Independence -- Features of the economic decline -- Foreign trade -- The Soviet inheritance -- Agriculture The former Soviet bloc enters the world market -- Ukraine enters the world economy -- Trade -- Investment -- Debt and the international financial crisis of 1997-98 -- Conclusion -- The Ukrainian Economy and the International Financial Crisis -- The course of the crisis -- The government's response -- Kuchma's strategy of development -- From the Orange revolution to the international financial crisis -- Conclusion -- Origins of the Ukrainian Crisis -- The fragility of the Ukrainian state -- The international isolation of the Ukrainian state -- The revival of Russian imperialism The Yanukovych presidency -- The economy -- Trade -- Investment -- Debt -- Labour migration -- The zero-sum choice -- The Maidan -- The pivotal moment -- A coup? -- A fascist junta? -- The Ukrainian crisis internationalised -- Russia's timing and calculations -- Into the arms of the Western powers -- The balance of power -- Conclusions -- Index |