How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy
| Titel: | How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy / Anders Aslund |
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| Veröffentlicht: | The Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2009 |
| Umfang: | XXV, 345 S. : Kt., graph. Darst. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 9780881324273 |
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- Preface
- p. xiii
- Acknowledgments
- p. xvii
- Map
- p. xxi
- Key Facts
- p. xxiii
- Introduction
- p. 1
- Main Arguments of the Book
- p. 2
- Structure of the Book
- p. 9
- 1
- Ukraine: Nation, History, and Soviet Reforms
- p. 11
- A Proud but Tragic National Legacy
- p. 11
- Society Wakes Up under Gorbachev
- p. 15
- Impact of Soviet Economic Reforms and Crisis
- p. 23
- 2
- Leonid Kravchuk: Nation-Building and Hyperinflation, 1991-94
- p. 29
- National Independence
- p. 31
- Kravchuk as President
- p. 34
- Liberation from Russia
- p. 35
- Ukraine's Denuclearization
- p. 39
- The Grand Bargain of Ukraine's New Political Forces
- p. 41
- Nationalist Economic Policy with Little Thought
- p. 43
- Prime Minister Kuchma: Aborted Reform
- p. 45
- Prime Minister Zviahilskiy: Unabashed Rent Seeking
- p. 46
- Hyperinflation and Economic Disaster
- p. 47
- Rent Seeking: Rationale of Ukraine's Early Economic Policy
- p. 55
- Crimea: Threat of Secession
- p. 56
- Kravchuk: Father of the Nation
- p. 58
- 3
- Leonid Kuchma's Reforms, 1994-96
- p. 59
- Parliamentary Elections, Spring 1994
- p. 63
- Presidential Elections, June-July 1994
- p. 66
- Kuchma Proclaims Radical Economic Reforms
- p. 68
- Financial Stabilization and Liberalization
- p. 73
- Currency Reform, September 1996
- p. 75
- Privatization Takes Off
- p. 78
- Adoption of the New Constitution, June 1996
- p. 83
- Economic Policy Reversal
- p. 86
- Limited but Effective International Assistance
- p. 88
- Kuchma Saved His Country
- p. 90
- 4
- Kuchma's Stagnation, 1996-99
- p. 93
- Lazarenko's Excesses
- p. 94
- Pynzenyk's Abortive Program for Economic Growth
- p. 97
- Pustovoitenko: Passive Loyalist
- p. 100
- Kuchma's Foreign Policy
- p. 101
- Intricacies of the Gas Trade
- p. 105
- Rise of the Oligarchs
- p. 107
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- p. 113
- Demise of Media Freedom
- p. 115
- Parliamentary Elections, March 1998
- p. 117
- Kuchma's Reelection, October-November 1999
- p. 119
- Underreform Trap
- p. 121
- 5
- Viktor Yushchenko's Reforms, 2000
- p. 125
- On the Verge of Default
- p. 129
- Oligarchs Opt for a Reform Government
- p. 132
- Government Reform
- p. 133
- Financial Cleansing and the Defeat of Barter
- p. 135
- Energy Trade Cleaned Up
- p. 138
- Agricultural Land Privatization
- p. 139
- Privatization of Large Enterprises
- p. 140
- Deregulation of Small Firms and Anticorruption Measures
- p. 141
- The Gongadze Murder and "Kuchmagate"
- p. 143
- Yushchenko's Ouster
- p. 145
- A Severe Break in the Rent-Seeking Society
- p. 147
- 6
- Competitive Oligarchy with High Growth, 2001-04
- p. 151
- The Kinakh Government
- p. 152
- Organization of a Strong Center-Right Opposition
- p. 153
- The March 2002 Parliamentary Elections
- p. 155
- The Yanukovych Government
- p. 159
- Controversial Privatization of Kryvorizhstal
- p. 163
- Economic Boom
- p. 164
- Putin's Policy on Ukraine: Gas Trade, Common Economic Space, and the Tuzla Incident
- p. 168
- NATO and the European Union's European Neighborhood Policy
- p. 172
- 7
- The Orange Revolution, 2004
- p. 175
- Options of the Old Regime
- p. 177
- Mobilization of the Opposition and Civil Society
- p. 177
- The Regime: Mobilized but Divided
- p. 180
- Russia's Role
- p. 182
- The Election Campaign: Yushchenko versus Yanukovych
- p. 184
- The Presidential Elections
- p. 188
- The Orange Revolution
- p. 191
- The Settlement
- p. 194
- Assessment of the Orange Revolution
- p. 197
- 8
- Aftermath of the Orange Revolution, 2005-08
- p. 201
- Formation of an Orange Coalition
- p. 202
- Ukraine Turns to Europe
- p. 203
- The Tymoshenko Government: Reprivatization
- p. 204
- The Yekhanurov Government: Return to Order
- p. 209
- Russia Disrupts Gas Deliveries: Higher Prices
- p. 211
- Parliamentary Elections, March 2006
- p. 213
- The Second Yanukovych Government: Oligarchy Restored
- p. 217
- Dissolution of Parliament and New Parliamentary Elections, September 2007
- p. 219
- The Second Tymoshenko Government: Stalemate
- p. 222
- WTO Accession, May 2008
- p. 224
- NATO Controversies and Russia's War in Georgia
- p. 226
- Renewed Financial Crisis and IMF Agreement
- p. 229
- Yushchenko Insists on New Elections
- p. 231
- Limited Social Achievements
- p. 233
- 9
- Lessons from Ukraine's Transformation
- p. 237
- Constitutional Evolution and Shortcomings
- p. 238
- Why Ukraine's Capitalist Transformation Succeeded
- p. 246
- Role of the IMF
- p. 249
- Impact of the Oligarchs
- p. 251
- Will Ukraine's Democracy Survive?
- p. 254
- European Economic Convergence
- p. 259
- Putin's Alienation: Ukraine Turning to the West
- p. 261
- Bibliography
- p. 267
- Brief Biographies of Leading Politicians and Businessmen
- p. 279
- Chronology
- p. 287
- Abbreviations
- p. 299
- Index
- p. 301
- Tables
- Table 2.1
- Results of presidential election, December 1, 1991
- p. 33
- Table 3.1
- Results of election to the Supreme Rada, March-April 1994
- p. 65
- Table 3.2
- Results of presidential election, June-July 1994
- p. 68
- Table 4.1
- Results of election to the Supreme Rada, March 29, 1998
- p. 118
- Table 4.2
- Results of presidential election, 1999
- p. 121
- Table 6.1
- Results of election to the Supreme Rada, March 31, 2002
- p. 156
- Table 6.2
- Composition of the Supreme Rada, 2002 and 2004
- p. 157
- Table 7.1
- Results of presidential election, 2004
- p. 189
- Table 8.1
- Results of election to the Supreme Rada, March 26, 2006
- p. 214
- Table 8.2
- Results of elections to the Supreme Rada, September 30, 2007
- p. 220
- Figures
- Figure 2.1
- Decline in Ukraine's GNP, 1990-94
- p. 49
- Figure 2.2
- Underground economy, 1989-95
- p. 50
- Figure 2.3
- Monthly inflation and monetary expansion in Ukraine, 1992-94
- p. 51
- Figure 2.4
- Ukraine's total state revenues, expenditures, and budget deficit, 1992-94
- p. 53
- Figure 3.1
- Ukraine's consolidated state budget deficit, 1994-99
- p. 76
- Figure 3.2
- Ukraine's inflation rate (consumer price index), 1994-99
- p. 77
- Figure 3.3
- Share of GDP from private enterprise, 1991-2007
- p. 82
- Figure 4.1
- GDP growth, 1990-99
- p. 98
- Figure 4.2
- Rate of homicides and attempted murders in Ukraine and Russia, 1990-2007
- p. 114
- Figure 5.1
- Cumulative GDP change, 1989-99
- p. 126
