a comparative study of Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia /
Verena Fritz.
New York :
Central European University Press,
2007.
1 online resource (xiv, 384 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
The state and state-building : a framework for analysis -- A framework for assessing states : size, capacity, and quality -- The dynamic of change : state-building as institution building -- A model of post-Soviet state-building trajectories -- State-building in the post-Soviet region -- Ukraine : from Soviet breakdown to disordered independence -- A new trajectory taking shape -- The second transition in Ukraine -- Averting institutional change : the case of Belarus -- Lithuania : moving towards Western models -- The "authoritarianizing" route to recovery : the case of Russian tax reform -- Conclusion.
0
Looks at the process of state-building in Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia from a political economy and institutional perspective. Explains state weakness and distortions that are widely recognized key obstacles to economic success and democratic consolidation. Focuses on the extraction and expenditure systems which are a central pillar of state capacity and also a central link between citizens and the state. The book also sheds light on how Ukraine's potential 'second transition' currently under way will have an impact on its institutional system.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
JSTOR
22573/ctv10v06t7
State-building.
Democracy-- Former Soviet republics.
Finance, Public-- Former Soviet republics.
Post-communism-- Former Soviet republics.
Democracy.
Finance, Public.
HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union