The Role of December 1, 1991 Referendum in the Formation of the Political System of Ukraine

Authors

  • Dmytro Filipenko Rivne State Humanities University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31861/mhpi2019.40.184-195

Abstract

As the practice of referendum has considerable potential for legitimizing power, it is an integral part of the functioning of many political systems. This article applies a systematic approach in order to analyze this practice comprehensively and to examine the referendum processes in their integrity and interconnection. The formation of a new political system is considered as a synthesis of two components: the internal self-awareness of the identity of the political system itself and its separation from the external environment, the recognition of the system as the environment. The author of the article (using D. Eastonʼs reasoning) interprets it as the whole divided into two parts: internal – in society, and external – between the political system and other political systems (societies): the intra-society and extra-society external environment of the political system. These components (self-awareness and outward recognition) are shown to be crucial in the process of the development of the political system in the independent Ukraine. This is confirmed by the December 1, 1991 Referendum. The author analyzes the role of the aforementioned referendum in the formation of Ukraineʼs political system in the context of a systematic approach. He argues that the referendum was initiated due to a number of intra-society and extra-society requirements. Holding a referendum in support of independence became a comprehensive systemic response to systemic challenges and allowed to solve a whole set of problems of existence and further development of a political system of the independent Ukraine.

Keywords: referendum on independence, political system of Ukraine, systemic approach, collapse of the USSR.

Author Biography

Dmytro Filipenko, Rivne State Humanities University

Graduate student in the Department of Political Science

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Published

2019-12-15

How to Cite

Filipenko, D. (2019). The Role of December 1, 1991 Referendum in the Formation of the Political System of Ukraine. Modern Historical and Political Issues, (40), 184–195. https://doi.org/10.31861/mhpi2019.40.184-195