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The Orange Revolution in November/December 2004 has unambiguously determined the future orientation of Ukraine: Joining the European Union has obtained top priority. "Europe" is understood here not as a geographical or historical term, but as a normative concept including respect for human and civil rights, rule of law, division of powers, parliamentary democracy, open and pluralistic society and so on. The publication has two aims: a critical analysis and evaluation of the efforts of Ukraine under President Yushchenko to bring about a change in direction toward a rapprochement to the European Union (2005-2008), and the identification of cultural constants of the Ukrainian society which either hinder or are conducive to the rapprochement.

Ukraine on its Way to Europe: Interim Results of the Orange Revolution

Contents : Gerhard Simon: After the Orange Revolution: the Rocky Road to Democracy - Ingmar Bredies: The 2004 Constitutional Reform: Origins, Driving Forces and Consequences - Dieter Segert: Political Parties in Ukraine since the Orange Revolution - Walter Rechberger: Judicial Independence in Ukraine - Ase Berit Grodeland: Cultural Constants, Corruption and the Orange Revolution - Heiko Pleines: The Political Role of the Oligarchs - Martin Schauer/Anna Lawrenjuk: Ukrainian Company Law between Modernisation and Post-Soviet Tradition - The Joint Stock Company as an Example - Bettina Haidinger: Social Policy and Poverty Alleviation in Ukraine from a Gender Perspective - Kerstin Zimmer: The Role of Ukraine within the European Migration System - Susan Stewart: NGO Development in Ukraine since the Orange Revolution - Juliane Besters-Dilger: Ukrainian Media Policies on the Way to Europe - Andreas Kappeler: The Politics of History in Contemporary Ukraine: Russia, Poland, Austria, and Europe - Martin Malek: The "Western Dimension" of the Foreign and Security Policy of Ukraine since 2005 with Special Consideration of the "Russian Factor" - Lina Klymenko: What Holds Ukraine and Poland Together? On External and Internal Factors of Ukrainian-Polish Relations - Alois Woldan: Culture Dimensions in Ukraine - Renate Pillinger: Ukraine's Approach to the Preservation of its Ancient and Religious Inheritance - Igor Gordyi: The Ukrainian Churches and the Europeanisation of Ukraine.