Matsiyevsky Y. Trapped in Hybridity: Zigzags of Ukraine's Political Regime Transformations (1991-2014).

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Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc)

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0516U000737

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Specialization

  • 23.00.02 - Політичні інститути та процеси

04-10-2016

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Д 26.181.01

Essay

This dissertation explores the path of Ukraine's political regime transformations in a period from independence to the Revolution of Dignity. It seeks to assess the impact of informal institutions, specifically clientelism, nepotism, and informal agreements on the behavior of political actors. The research argues that informal institutions have determined the behavior of elites - from the "cartel pact" at the beginning of Ukraine's independence, to playing not by the rules, as many expected, but with rules that eventually led to an inefficient institutional equilibrium - institutional trap. The undermodernized state and the hybrid type of political regime signify this systemic institutional trap.

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