State-building : : A Comparative Study of Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia / / Verena Fritz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Fritz, Verena,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (394 p.)

Looks at the process of state-building in Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia from a political economy and institutional perspective. Weak and distorted state capacity has come to be widely recognized as a key obstacle to successful transformation—including economic modernization and growth as well as the consolidation of democracy. However, so far little systematic research has been carried out on state capacity per se and on how to explain its development. The book provides new insights in considering the evolution of Ukraine since 1992, offering an in-depth view of institutional development in crucial areas and thus tracing the process of state-building. It draws comparisons with developments in Belarus, Lithuania, and Russia (based on field research). To capture the process of state-building empirically, 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Abbrevations -- List of Tables and graphs -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. State- and institution-building – a framework for analysis -- Chapter 2. A framework for assessing states: size, capacity, and quality -- Chapter 3. The dynamic of change: state-building as institution-building -- Chapter 4. A model of post-Soviet state-building trajectories -- Chapter 5. State-building in the post-Soviet region -- Chapter 6. Ukraine—from Soviet breakdown to disordered independence -- Chapter 7. A new trajectory taking shape -- Chapter 8. The second transition in Ukraine -- Chapter 9. Averting institutional change: the case of Belarus -- Chapter 10. Lithuania: moving towards Western models -- Chapter 11. The ‘authoritarianizing’ route to recovery: the case of Russian tax reform -- Chapter 12. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index