The Ukrainian Orange Revolution brought more than a new president: What kind of democracy will the institutional changes bring?

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 207-230

  Christensen, Robert K ^a   Rakhimkulov, Edward R ^b   Wise, Charles R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Parliamentary Development Project   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Democratization; Electoral system; Intervening and institutional factors; Separation of powers; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; POLITICAL CHANGE;

EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE; WORLD;

EID: 20044372394     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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