Title Susceptibility of Ukrainian and Belarussian domestic actors to external actors’ approaches: puzzling patterns of transition /
Authors Vilpišauskas, Ramūnas ; Jakniūnaitė, Dovilė ; Jaroszewicz, Marta ; Jonavičius, Laurynas
DOI 10.1080/21599165.2020.1745190
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Is Part of East European politics: Towards Open Access Social Orders in Eastern Europe.. Abingdon : Rautledge, Taylor Francis group. 2021, vol. 37, iss. 1, p. 65-88.. ISSN 2159-9165. eISSN 2159-9173
Keywords [eng] social orders ; transition reforms ; Belarus ; Ukraine ; EU ; Eastern Partnership.
Abstract [eng] We scrutinise key domestic actors in Belarus and Ukraine investigating under what conditions they are susceptible to external influences promoting opening. Although both countries can be characterised as limited access orders, they differ in their domestic structures as well as external relations. Compared to Belarus, Ukraine is characterised by more intense political and economic competition, significantly more active opposition groups, and more developed institutionalised relations with the EU. Notwithstanding, we find that Ukrainian actors have not always been more susceptible to external actors promoting open access institutions, while Belarusian actors are more susceptible to external actors promoting economic competition than assumed.
Published Abingdon : Rautledge, Taylor Francis group
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2021
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