TY - JOUR
T1 - The Ukrainian presidential elections of 2010
AU - Copsey, Nat
AU - Shapovalova, Natalia
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - Ukrainians went to the polls in 2010 to elect a president for the fifth time since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, electing Viktor Yanukovych with a narrow majority over Yulia Tymoshenko in the second round run-off on 7 February. This article provides a contextual introduction to the 2010 presidential election, an analysis of the campaign and the results and concludes with a discussion of post-election coalition building and what the election means for the consolidation of Ukrainian democracy and Ukraine’s European integration process.
AB - Ukrainians went to the polls in 2010 to elect a president for the fifth time since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, electing Viktor Yanukovych with a narrow majority over Yulia Tymoshenko in the second round run-off on 7 February. This article provides a contextual introduction to the 2010 presidential election, an analysis of the campaign and the results and concludes with a discussion of post-election coalition building and what the election means for the consolidation of Ukrainian democracy and Ukraine’s European integration process.
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UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0034-4893&volume=46&issue=2&spage=211
U2 - 10.1080/00344893.2010.485842
DO - 10.1080/00344893.2010.485842
M3 - Article
SN - 0034-4893
VL - 46
SP - 211
EP - 225
JO - Representation
JF - Representation
IS - 2
ER -