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<p>This article examines the influence of civil society on Ukrainian anti-corruption policy after the Maidan in 2014. Drawing on the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF), we hypothesise that the Maidan events led to a redistribution of formal legal authority in the anti-corruption policy subsystem, opened access to policy venues for civil society actors, and increased leverage of international organisations to push for strict reforms. We test these expectations with a systematic content analysis of primary documents and semi-structured interviews. Findings show that changes in the formal legal authority to make policy decisions led to anti-corruption policy change. The newly adopted policies were largely influenced by civil society actors who had increased venue access after the Maidan. In addition, civil society advocated for strict anti-corruption reforms through international organisation.</p>
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This article examines the influence of civil society on Ukrainian anti-corruption policy after the Maidan in 2014. Drawing on the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF), we hypothesise that the Maidan events led to a redistribution of formal legal authority in the anti-corruption policy subsystem, opened access to policy venues for civil society actors, and increased leverage of international organisations to push for strict reforms. We test these expectations with a systematic content analysis of primary documents and semi-structured interviews. Findings show that changes in the formal legal authority to make policy decisions led to anti-corruption policy change. The newly adopted policies were largely influenced by civil society actors who had increased venue access after the Maidan. In addition, civil society advocated for strict anti-corruption reforms through international organisation.

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

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Central European Journal of Public Policy

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

This article examines the influence of civil society on Ukrainian anti-corruption policy after the Maidan in 2014. Drawing on the Advocacy Coalition Framework...

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

Publié en ligne: 29 janv. 2021

Pages: 15 - 30

Reçu: 26 mars 2020

Accepté: 15 déc. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2021-0001

Mots clés
Anti-corruption policy, Advocacy Coalition Framework, civil society, Ukraine

© 2021 Felix Blatt et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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

Publié en ligne: 29 janv. 2021

Pages: 15 - 30

Reçu: 26 mars 2020

Accepté: 15 déc. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2021-0001

Mots clésAnti-corruption policy, Advocacy Coalition Framework, civil society, Ukraine

© 2021 Felix Blatt et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Anti-corruption policy, Advocacy Coalition Framework, civil society, Ukraine