State-building a comparative study of Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia - Fritz, Verena; American Council of Learned Societies (Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-374) and index.
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Keywords: Democracy -- Former Soviet republics; Post-communism -- Former Soviet republics; Finance, Public -- Former Soviet Republics; Former Soviet republics -- Politics and government