State-building : a comparative study of Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia / Verena Fritz.

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2007.

xiv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

The state and state-building : a framework for analysis -- A framework for assessing states : size, capacity, and quality -- The dynamic of change : state-building as institution building -- A model of post-Soviet state-building trajectories -- State-building in the post-Soviet region -- Ukraine : from Soviet breakdown to disordered independence -- A new trajectory taking shape -- The second transition in Ukraine -- Averting 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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