Title: Assisting reform in post-communist Ukraine, 2000 -2012 :
Authors: Leitch, Duncan,; Wolczuk, Kataryna,
Date: 2016
Publisher: Ibidem-Verlag,
Physical description: 250 pages ; 22 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: D
Contents: Foreword by Dr Kataryna Wolczuk -- Glossary of Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction and theoretical framework -- Background to the study and key research questions -- Context and rationale for the research : the current crisis in Ukraine -- Bridging a gap in the literature -- International technical assistance and the blame game -- Research questions -- The argument -- The researcher as participant -- Overview of chapters -- External assistance and domestic reform : what the literature tells us -- Theorising external influence (i) : the EU and the accession states -- Theorising external influence (ii) : the EU and its Neighbourhood -- Theorising external influence (iii) : transnational policy transfer -- Theorising external influence (iv) : the political economy analysis of international aid -- Conclusions -- The historical context -- intergovernmental relations in the newly independent Ukraine -- The Ukrainian state in the first decade after independence -- The challenge of state building and the threat of disintegration -- Regional policy and intergovernmental finance in the decade after independence -- Institutions under pressure -- Conclusions to part 1 -- Post-Soviet transition and the sharing of international know how -- The challenge of state building and the response of international donors -- Conclusions -- Case study I : fiscal decentralisation and the budget code reform of 2000/1 -- Preparing the reform -- Fatal flaws appear in the matryoshka -- The emergence of personal and institutional networks -- International technical assistance in the preparation of budget reform -- Conclusions to Part 1 -- Reform adoption and implementation -- The passing of the law on the state budget for 2001 -- Budget code reform and the challenge of implementation -- Conclusions -- Case study II : regional policy reform in Ukraine 2000-2012 -- The struggle for settled legislation -- Regional policy reform in ukraine in a national and international context -- The emergence of a pro-reform enclave in the ministry of economy -- Conclusions to part 1 -- International advice and regional policy reform -- Institution building : the new priority for international assistance to Ukraine -- Establishing a stable legislative framework for regional policy -- Conclusions -- Analysis and discussion : linking the case study evidence to theory -- Theorising international technical assistance -- Normative institutional isomorphism and policy transfer -- Pro-reform enclaves and informal coalitions -- Shared features of the case studies -- Distinguishing features of the case studies -- The policy transfer network -- Conclusions to part 1 -- Reform failure and the political economy analysis of development theory -- From know how sharing to the mainstream of international development -- Experts bringing solutions (i) : developing countries & the political economy analysis -- Internal contradictions in donor policy towards public administrative reform in Ukraine -- Institutional development and the project cycle of technical assistance -- Experts bringing solutions (ii) : Ukraine & the output culture of technical assistance -- Behind the facade of Ukraine's formal institutions: the political intelligence deficit -- Ukraine as a Neo-patrimonial state -- Conclusions -- Conclusions --
Notes: On title page "by" is printed twice.
Subject headings (LCSH): Collective memory--Ukraine--History--21st century.; Decentralization in government--Ukraine.; Economic assistance--Ukraine.; Legislative bodies--Ukraine--Reform.; National characteristics, Ukrainian.; Post-communism--Ukraine; Ukraine--Foreign relations.; Ukraine--In literature.; Ukraine--Politics and government--1991-; Ukraine--Politics and government--21st century.