Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Abbrevations viii
4. List of Tables and graphs x
5. Acknowledgements xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1. State- and institution-building – a framework for analysis 11
8. Chapter 2. A framework for assessing states: size, capacity, and quality 29
9. Chapter 3. The dynamic of change: state-building as institution-building 45
10. Chapter 4. A model of post-Soviet state-building trajectories 55
11. Chapter 5. State-building in the post-Soviet region 79
12. Chapter 6. Ukraine—from Soviet breakdown to disordered independence 109
13. Chapter 7. A new trajectory taking shape 137
14. Chapter 8. The second transition in Ukraine 175
15. Chapter 9. Averting institutional change: the case of Belarus 211
16. Chapter 10. Lithuania: moving towards Western models 243
17. Chapter 11. The ‘authoritarianizing’ route to recovery: the case of Russian tax reform 285
18. Chapter 12. Conclusion 315
19. Appendix 341
20. Bibliography 355
21. Index 375