Ukraine’s 1994 elections as an economic event

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6181012
AutoresRobert S Kravchuk (Indiana University), Роберт С Кравчук (Indiana University Bloomington), Victor Chudowsky (Meridian International Center, 1630 Crescent Place, N.W., Washington, DC 20009, USA)
Año2005
Volumen38
Número2
Páginas131-165
Fecha de publicación2005-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
EditorialUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1016/j.postcomstud.2005.03.001
OpenAlexW2000862157
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas21

This article explores the political, economic, and social forces underlying the east/west cleavage in the 1994 Ukrainian presidential and parliamentary elections. We demonstrate that economic factors—notably, variations in regional economic strength and changes in employment in the period preceding the elections—are stronger predictors of country-wide voting behavior and candidate support than ethnic and linguistic factors. The exceptions are the extreme eastern and western oblasts, where the analysis suggests the existence of significant differences in political culture

Development economics · Economics · Ethnic group · General election · Linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Ukrainian · Voting · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance