Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-374) and index.

The state and state-building : a framework for analysis -- A framewo rk for assessing states : size, capacity, and quality -- The dynamic of change : state-building as institution building -- A model of post-Sov iet state-building trajectories -- State-building in the post-Soviet re gion -- Ukraine : from Soviet breakdown to disordered independence -- A new trajectory taking shape -- The second transition in Ukraine -- Ave rting institutional change : the case of Belarus -- Lithuania : moving towards Western models -- The "authoritarianizing" route to recovery : the case of Russian tax reform -- Conclusion.

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