Assisting Reform in post-communist Ukraine, 2000-2012 : the illusions of donors and the disillusion of beneficiaries / / Duncan Leitch ; with a foreword by Kataryna Wolczuk

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816035103321
• Autore: Leitch Duncan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stuttgart, Germany : , : Ibidem Verlag, , 2016
• ISBN: 3-8382-6844-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Collana: Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society
• Disciplina: 320.9477
• Soggetti: Decentralization in government - Ukraine
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents ; Foreword; Glossary of Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Chapter I: Introduction and Theoretical Framework ; Part I: 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; Part II: External Assistance and Domestic Reform - What the Literature Tells Us; Introduction; Theorising External Influence (i): the EU and the Accession States; Theorising External Influence (ii): the EU and its Eastern NeighbourhoodTheorising External Influence (iii): Transnational Policy Transfer; Theorising External Influence (iv): the Political Economy Analysis of International Aid; Conclusions; Chapter II: The Historical Context - Intergovernmental Relations in the newly Independent Ukraine; Introduction; Part I: 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 IPart II: Post-Soviet Transition and the Sharing of International Know How; Introduction; The Challenge of State Building and the Response of International Donors; Conclusions; Chapter III: Case Study I The Budget Code Reform of 2000/1; Introduction; Part I: 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 I; Part II: Reform Adoption and Implementation; Introduction; The Passing of the Law on the State Budget for 2001; Budget Code Reform and the Challenge of ImplementationConclusions; Chapter IV: Case Study II - Regional Policy Reform in Ukraine 2000-2012; Introduction; Part I: 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 I; Part II: International Advice and Regional Policy Reform; Introduction; Institution Building: a New Priority for International Assistance to Ukraine; Establishing a Stable Legislative Framework for Regional Policy; Conclusions; Chapter V: Analysis and Discussion - Linking the Case Study Evidence to Theory Introduction; Part I: 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 I ; Part II: Reform Failure and the Political Economy Analysis of Development Theory; Introduction; From Know How Sharing to the Mainstream of International Development; Experts Bringing Solutions (i): Developing Countries & the Political Economy Analysis