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

Felix Blatt
Felix Blatt
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Caroline Schlaufer
Caroline Schlaufer
   | 29 sty 2021
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Data publikacji: 29 sty 2021
Zakres stron: 15 - 30
Otrzymano: 26 mar 2020
Przyjęty: 15 gru 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2021-0001
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Coalitions in the Ukrainian anti-corruption sub-system before and after the Maidan

Before the Maidan
Reform coalition Status quo coalition
Actors Parties: Batkivshchyna, UDARNon-governmental organizationsInternational organisations and donors President YanukovychPrime Minister AzarovMajority of parliamentariansParties: Party of Regions, Communist Party, RussianBlockMajority of civil servants
After the Maidan
Reform coalition Status quo coalition
Actors President 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 donors Opposition Bloc partyPart of the judiciary systemPart of civil servants
Believe system Deep 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 changes Deep 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 operationalised Data sources used Categories (subcategories) of coding and analysis
Policy change Legal documents

New aspects in new legal acts on anti-corruption

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

Actors (for/against anti-corruption reforms)

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

Majority in government and parliament of both coalitions before after Maidan
Expectation 2Access of RPR to policy venues RPR annual reports; reports OECD, EEAS, IMF; expert reports; secondary literature; interview questions 1, 2, 3, 4

Openness of policymaking to civil society

New venues of policymaking

Participation of RPR in drafting policies,

Participation of RPR in roundtables, working groups, platforms, other venues
Expectation 2Influence of RPR on policy RPR roadmap for reform; RPR reports; expert reports; policy reports; secondary literature; interview questions 2, 4

Policies promoted by the RPR

Comparison of RPR recommendations with policies adopted after the Maidan

Participation of RPR in drafting of legal acts and establishment of institutional framework
Expectation 3

Collaboration PRP with international organisations

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

Comparison of RPR recommendations with recommendations of international organisations

Conditions in grant agreements
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