Format:
1 Online-Ressource (314 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-3-8382-7740-0
Series Statement:
Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society v.260
Content:
Intro -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Topic, basic definitions and approach -- 1.2 What is the link between regime resilience and low standards of living? -- 1.3 What explains Ukraine's poor record on economic growth, other than oligarchy? -- 1.4 Thesis, "national" scope and book structure -- 1.5 Contribution and wider implications -- 1.6 Methodology, methods and "research journey" -- 2 Wealth defence and prosperity institutions -- 2.1 Introduction and "rational actors" approach -- 2.2 The theories of wealth defence and institutional prosperity, and their relevance to Ukraine -- 2.3 The two theories conjoined -- 2.4 Institutional economics, old and new -- 3 The origins, operations, resilience and evolution of the Ukrainian oligarchy -- 3.1 Outline and aims -- 3.2 Ukrainian oligarchs and the oligarchic system -- 3.3 Evolution of the Ukrainian oligarchy -- 4 The wealth of the very rich in modern Ukraine -- 4.1 Preliminaries -- 4.2 Patterns of elite wealth distribution and dynamics in contemporary Ukraine -- 4.3 Chapter summary and conclusions -- 5 Voting on institutional prosperity bills in the Verkhovna Rada, 2014-17 -- 5.1 Preliminaries -- 5.2 Votin g patterns in the Rada on "prosperity" legislation: three analyses -- 5.3 Chapter findings and conclusions -- 6 Post-Euromaidan energy rent-extraction schemes, amid energy-sector reforms -- 6.1 Introduction and approach -- 6.2 Contextualising tools -- 6. 3 Rent-extraction schemes in the Ukrainian energy sector, post-Euromaidan: three case studies -- 6.4 Chapter findings and conclusions -- 7 Conclusion -- 7.1 What kind of institution is the Ukrainian oligarchy? How did it survive the Euromaidan? -- 7.2 A "currency flow" model -- 7.3 The Ukrainian oligarchy as a process -- 7.4 Economic side-effects of institutional reproduction.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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Dissertation University College London 2021
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-8382-1740-6
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
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