dc.contributor.author | Smith, Jennifer Louise | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-31T17:20:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-31T17:20:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-08-31T17:20:21Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/72164 | |
dc.description.abstract | Ukrainian pro-democracy activism since Euromaidan has been called a “civic awakening,” and civic coalitions have been credited with new strength and influence over the process of democratic reform. However, neither history nor theory predicts success for these groups: civil society was largely marginalized after the Colour Revolutions, and Ukraine remains a “competitive authoritarian” polity in which incumbents are strongly motivated to block democratic reforms. If this new civil society influence is real, it presents a puzzle: what accounts for this unexpected result?
This thesis offers case studies of two important democratic reforms enacted in 2015: political party financing and civil service reform. Using a process tracing analysis of available evidence, this thesis seeks to clarify the extent and character of civil society’s new influence in post-Euromaidan Ukraine, and to identify the conditions and strategies that may be allowing activists to overcome the marginalization or co-optation that followed the Colour Revolutions. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Civil Society | en_US |
dc.subject | Ukraine | en_US |
dc.subject | Democratic reform | en_US |
dc.subject | Conditionality | en_US |
dc.subject | European Union | en_US |
dc.title | Explaining the New Influence of Ukrainian Civil Society | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2016-08-11 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Political Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Robert Finbow | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Kristin Good | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Ann Griffiths | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Ruben Zaiotti | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |