About This Issue

This special issue is published in honour of Peter J. Potichnyj. The theme, "Ukraine: Developing a Democratic Polity," reflects his special interest in Ukraine and his contributions to the advancement of East European studies.

In This Issue

Author	Page	Title
Stefania Szlek Miller	1	Introduction
John S. Reshtar, Jr	9	Imperial Decline and Collapse as a Problem in the Social Sciences
Mykola Riabchuk	27	The Nativist-Westernizer Controversy in Ukraine: The End or the Beginning?
Paul Robert Magocsi	55	Ukrainians and the Habsburgs
Iaroslav Isaievych	67	Ukrainians and Poles: Recent Developments in Politics and National Historiographies
John-Paul Himka	81	Krakivski visiti and the Jews, 1943: A Contribution to the History of Ukrainian-Jewish Relations during the Second World War
Henry Abramson	97	Foreword to the Turei Zahav of Rabbi David ben Shmuel Ha-Levi (Volodymyr, 1586-Lviv, 1667)
Julian Birch	109	Ukraine: A Nation State or State of Nations?
Bohdan Harasymiw	125	Ukraine's Political Elite and the Transition to Post-Communism
Zenovia Sochor	147	From Liberalization to Post-Communism: The Role of the Communist Party in Ukraine
Stephen Rosefielde	165	Ukraine's Economic Recovery Potential to the Year 2000
Andrea Chandler	191	Social Policy and Political Discourse in Post-Soviet Ukraine
Liu Dong	213	Sino-Ukrainian Co-operation: Prospects and Problems
Zhao Yunzhong	217	The Study of Ukraine's History in China: Problems and Tasks
Howard Aster	223	Reflections on the Work of Peter J. Potichnyj
Peter J. Potichnyj	235	A Select Bibliography
Contributors	241
Book Reviews	243
Books Received	347