Fritz, Verena. <br/><br/>
State-building   a comparative study of Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia /   [electronic resource] : 
Verena Fritz. 
 - Budapest ;   New York :   Central European University Press,   20 07. 
 - xiv, 384 p. :   ill. ;   23 cm. 
 - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-374) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/> Electronic text and image data. <br/> Ann Arbor, Mich. : <br/> University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, <br/> 2010. <br/> Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. <br/> ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) <br/> Mode of a ccess: Intranet. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Democracy-- Former Soviet republics.<br/> Post-communism-- Former Soviet republics.<br/> Finance, Public-- Former Soviet Republics.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/> Former Soviet republics-- Politics and government.