Contemporary Ukraine: Evolution
Mapping Difference. The Many Faces of Women in Contemporary Ukraine
Marian J. Rubchak (ed)
Berghahn Books, 2011
ISBN 9780857451187
A collection of essays reflecting on the challenging issues confronting women in Ukraine today.
Ukraine at a Crossroads
Nicolas Hayoz & Andrej Lushnycky (eds)
Bern: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2005
ISBN 978-3-03910-468-0
The book contains papers delivered at conferences about Ukraine held at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) in 2001 and 2002. Supplementary articles have been solicited from recognised experts in the field to provide a comprehensive picture of a country in transition and to explain some of the challenges of Ukraine's "New Deal".
An Orange Revolution
Askold Krushelnycky
London: Harvill Secker, 2005
ISBN 0436206234
An account of Ukraine's Orange Revolution of 2004 and the events that led to it.
Ukraine's Orange Revolution
Andrew Wilson
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005
ISBN 0300112904
The book gives an account of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election and its aftermath, and examines the broader implications of the Orange Revolution and of Russia’s serious miscalculation of its level of influence in Ukraine.
State Building in Ukraine: The Ukrainian Parliament, 1990-2003
Sarah Whitmore
London - New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004
ISBN 0415331951
The book examines the development of the Ukrainian Parliament from before Ukraine's declaration of independence in 1991 to 2003. It shows how the Parliament transformed itself from a nominal, symbolic Soviet-era body to a genuine national legislature of a sovereign state.
Society in Transition. Social Change in Ukraine in Western Perspectives
Edited by Wsevolod W. Isajiw
Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc, 2003
ISBN 1-55130-224-1
A collection of essays on Ukraine's transition from being a Soviet republic to an independent state, focusing on the transition to a free-market economy and to democracy based on civil society, the development of social trust, and the development of culture that articulates civil society's basic values and norms.
Post-Communist Ukraine
Bohdan Harasymiw
Toronto - Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 2002
ISBN 1-8955-7144-8
A comprehensive and penetrating study of the political and social realities of independent Ukraine. The book documents and explains the country's successes and failures during its transition from authoritarianism to democracy.
Elections and Democratization in Ukraine
Sarah Birch
New York: St Martin's Press, 2000
ISBN 0-312-23457-0
An analysis of the role of competitive elections in Ukraine's crucial democratic transition period of 1989 to 1998, focusing on how Ukrainian voters make vote choices and which electoral cleavages are most important.
Unbroken Ties. The State, Interest Associations and Corporatism in Post-Soviet Ukraine
Paul Kubicek
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000
ISBN 978-0-472-11030-8
Considers the relationship between weak civil society and the failure of the democratic and market transition in Ukraine.
State and Institution Building in Ukraine
Taras Kuzio, Robert Kravchuk, Paul D'Anieri (eds)
New York: St Martin's Press, 1999
ISBN 0-312-21458-8
An in-depth and comprehensive study of state building in Ukraine. As opposed to previous books, which have focused on the political and economic transformation of the Soviet successor states, this volume argues that a market economy and democracy cannot exist in the absence of an effective state and effective governing institutions.