Susceptibility of Ukrainian and Belarusian domestic actors to external actors’ approaches: puzzling patterns of transition

Vilpišauskas, Ramūnas; Jakniūnaitė, Dovilė; Jaroszewicz, Marta; Jonavicius, Laurynas

doi:10.1080/21599165.2020.1745190

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“…The development and an increase in NGO activity has a positive effect on the administrative reform, because an active society is a partner in pro-development activities and, simultaneously, a controller of the local government authorities' actions. The latter is especially important in the context of the still high level of corruption in Ukraine (Vilpišauskas et al, 2021). Unfortunately, Russia's attack on Ukraine in 2022 forced the NGO activity to be redirected to neutralize the negative consequences of the war and to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Territorial Defence Forces.…”

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Weaknesses and successes of the Ukrainian administrative reform

Michalski¹,

Matviishyn²,

Luhova³

2022

Czasopismo Geograficzne

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raine is one of the last post-communist countries where implementation of administrative reforms has started in practice. The aim of the study is to analyze the local-level results of the main stage of the administrative reform in Ukraine which was carried out in 2014–2020. The analysis concerns Ukrainian local government units equivalent to LAU 1 and LAU 2. When collecting data, the so-called triangulation of sources was applied. The SWOT method was used in the analysis, and Neshkova and Konstadinova’s publication (2012) constitutes the reference point. The decentralization of power and finance has led to the creation of amalgamated territorial communities (ATCs), better able to deliver public services. Thus, in this respect, the effects of the administrative reform in Ukraine so far have been similar to those diagnosed by Neshkova and Konstadinova (2012) in other post-communist countries. Admittedly, corruption in Ukraine has decreased, but only slightly. Therefore, Neshkova and Konstadinova’s (2012) assumption about the positive impact of administrative reforms on reducing corruption in post-communist countries was not confirmed in Ukraine. Referring to the detailed results of the SWOT analysis, the greatest strengths of this reform included the partial success of financial decentralization and the establishment of the State Regional Development Fund (SRDF) to support the development of local governments. The quality of public services has also improved. However, there were also weaknesses in the form of still too small funds received by the new ATCs and irregularities in the functioning of the SRDF. International support for this reform and the intensification of the activities of non-governmental organizations were considered to be the greatest opportunities. The still existing strongest threat of an endogenous nature is (despite its decline) the level of corruption, and the exogenous one is a threat from Russia. In addition, the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic can be seen at the end of the implementation of the reform.

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Weaknesses and successes of the Ukrainian administrative reform

Michalski¹,

Matviishyn²,

Luhova³

2022

Czasopismo Geograficzne

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“…One perspective on the influence of external actors is offered by Vilpišauskas et al (2021) who look at the influence of external actors through the prism of susceptibility. Exploring from the domestic arena how domestic orders in Belarus and Ukraine interact with external influences, the authors identify conditions affecting the susceptibility of key domestic actors to various external influences.…”

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Towards open access social orders in Eastern Europe

Toshkov

Димитрова

Börzel

2021

East European Politics

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This article introduces a special issue that investigates the interplay between domestic socio-political orders and changing external influencesof the EU, Russia, Turkey and other external actors in the region. In this introduction, we lay the conceptual framework and propose theoretical mechanisms linking state capacity and the actions of external actors to the likelihood of transformations from limited to open access orders. Previewing the findings, we note a fundamental asymmetry: while external actors have many levers to undermine the establishment of an open access order, they are more limited in how they can support reforms towards liberal democracy and free-market economy.

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The EU’s Tripartite Approach Towards Belarus and the Limits of Resilience

Giusti¹

2023

Europe-Asia Studies

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Susceptibility of Ukrainian and Belarusian domestic actors to external actors’ approaches: puzzling patterns of transition

Cited by 6 publications

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Weaknesses and successes of the Ukrainian administrative reform

Weaknesses and successes of the Ukrainian administrative reform

Towards open access social orders in Eastern Europe

The EU’s Tripartite Approach Towards Belarus and the Limits of Resilience

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