Do Revolutions Bring Revolutionary Changes? Replacement in the Ranks of Ukraine’s Parliament, 1990–2014

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ID9951601
AutoresIreneusz Sadowski (0000-0003-1811-9619, Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, autor de correspondencia), Nataliia Pohorila (0000-0001-8807-911X, Catholic Lviv University, Lviv, Ukraine)
Año2017
Volumen48
Número1
Páginas6-33
Fecha de publicación2017-12-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7659 • E-ISSN: 1557-9336
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00207659.2018.1414498
OpenAlexW2791938663
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas28

This article concerns stability and change in the ranks of the Ukrainian political elite from 1990 to 2014. We use East European Parliamentarian and Candidate (EAST PaC) data for Ukraine as a detailed, longitudinal source of information on the evolution of candidates and members of parliament (MPs). In particular, we focus on the degree of reshuffling represented by reproduction and replacement. This is especially intriguing in the context of three recent revolutionary events: Independence in 1991, the Orange Revolution in 2004, and Euromaidan in 2014. We follow the shifts in support for different political forces (the “demand” side of political representation) vis-à-vis strategies employed and efforts made by different parties and blocs (the “supply” side of political representation). We closely examine the electoral results of parties that later proved to be key players in the unfolding of the most important turns in Ukraine’s political life.Electoral politics in post-Independence Ukraine shows how mass revolutions do not necessarily translate into deep changes to the political elite. Revolutionary events, both in 2004 and 2014, have not brought sudden and substantial replacement in the Verkhovna Rada (VR) ranks. Theoretically, the outcomes can be characterized as quasi-replacement (Higley and Pakulski 1999 Higley, John, and Jan Pakulski. 1999. “Elite Power Games and Democratic Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe.” Soviet and Post-Soviet Review 26:115–37. doi:10.1163/187633299x00057.[Crossref] , [Google Scholar])

Context (archaeology · Democracy · Democratic consolidation · Democratization · Elite · Independence (probability theory · Opposition (politics · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · History · Law · Political Conflict and Governance