Ukraine’s 1994 elections as an economic event

Dados 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)
Ano2005
Volume38
Fascículo2
Páginas131-165
Data de publicação2005-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
EditoraUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1016/j.postcomstud.2005.03.001
OpenAlexW2000862157
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências 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