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The influence of civil society on Ukrainian anti-corruption policy after the Maidan Cover

The influence of civil society on Ukrainian anti-corruption policy after the Maidan

Central European Journal of Public Policy
Volume 15 (2021): Issue 1 (June 2021)
By: Felix Blatt and  Caroline Schlaufer  
Open Access
|Jan 2021

Figures & Tables

Coalitions in the Ukrainian anti-corruption sub-system before and after the Maidan

Before the Maidan
Reform coalitionStatus quo coalition
ActorsParties: Batkivshchyna, UDARNon-governmental organizationsInternational organisations and donorsPresident YanukovychPrime Minister AzarovMajority of parliamentariansParties: Party of Regions, Communist Party, RussianBlockMajority of civil servants
After the Maidan
Reform coalitionStatus quo coalition
ActorsPresident Poroshenko, Prime Minister YatsenyukParties: Bloc Petro Poroshenko, People's Front, SelfReliance, BatkivshchynaMajority of parliamentariansNational Anti-Corruption Bureau of UkrainePublic Prosecutor OfficeNon-governmental organisations (including RPR and their members) International organisations and donorsOpposition Bloc partyPart of the judiciary systemPart of civil servants
Believe systemDeep core beliefs:Pro-Western sentimentsDemocratisation as a priorityPolicy core beliefs:Corruption is systemicAnti-corruption needs deep reformsSecondary beliefs:Focus on enforcement and rapid implementation of changesDeep core beliefs:Anti-Western sentimentsStability as priorityPolicy core beliefs:Corruption is not a systemic problemCorruption is needed to operate businessesFighting corruption is not a prioritySecondary beliefs:Policy changes should not be implemented hastily

Summary of Coding Procedure

Concepts to be operationalisedData sources usedCategories (subcategories) of coding and analysis
Policy changeLegal documents
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    New aspects in new legal acts on anti-corruption

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    New institutional setting in anti-corruption

Advocacy coalitions in anti-corruption subsystem (actors, their belief systems)Expert reports; secondary literature; KIIS opinion surveys; interview questions 1–4, 9, 10
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    Actors (for/against anti-corruption reforms)

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    Belief systems (deep core beliefs: democratisation a priority/stability a priority; policy core beliefs: corruption seen as a systemic problem / corruption seen as needed for business operation; secondary policy beliefs: preferred policy instruments)*

Formal legal authority of coalitions (Expectation 1)Expert reports; secondary literature; RPR annual reports; interview questions 1, 3
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    Majority in government and parliament of both coalitions before after Maidan

Expectation 2Access of RPR to policy venuesRPR annual reports; reports OECD, EEAS, IMF; expert reports; secondary literature; interview questions 1, 2, 3, 4
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    Openness of policymaking to civil society

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    New venues of policymaking

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    Participation of RPR in drafting policies,

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    Participation of RPR in roundtables, working groups, platforms, other venues

Expectation 2Influence of RPR on policyRPR roadmap for reform; RPR reports; expert reports; policy reports; secondary literature; interview questions 2, 4
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    Policies promoted by the RPR

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    Comparison of RPR recommendations with policies adopted after the Maidan

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    Participation of RPR in drafting of legal acts and establishment of institutional framework

Expectation 3
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    Collaboration PRP with international organisations

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    Leverage of international organisations

RPR annual reports; reports OECD, grant agreements and reports IMF; grant agreements and reports EEAS; secondary literature; interview questions 1, 2, 3, 4
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    Comparison of RPR recommendations with recommendations of international organisations

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    Conditions in grant agreements

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2021-0001 | Journal eISSN: 1802-4866
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Language: English
Page range: 15 - 30
Submitted on: Mar 26, 2020
Accepted on: Dec 15, 2020
Published on: Jan 29, 2021
Published by: University of Matej Bel in Banska Bystrica, Faculty of Economics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Anti-corruption policy,
Advocacy Coalition Framework,
civil society,
Ukraine
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Public finance and fiscal theory,
Business management,
Industries,
Public sector, public private partnerships, public administration,
Social sciences,
Sociology,
Social policy, social work, development aid,
Political science,
Political science, other

© 2021 Felix Blatt, Caroline Schlaufer, published by University of Matej Bel in Banska Bystrica, Faculty of Economics
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