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Civil society versus captured state: a winning strategy for sustainable change

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  • Orysia Lutsevych

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In the West, Ukraine is known as country of wasted potential, and most recently the scene of a proxy war between the West and Russia. What is often missing in the analysis is that, internally, the country faces serious nation- and state-building challenges. These call for development of institutions, values, and behaviours that could sustain an open democratic system of governance. A strong and sustainable civil society is an integral part of such a system. In 2013 a popular uprising toppled the corrupt regime of Victor Yanukovych. This triggered the Russian annexation of Crimea and unleashed a violent separatist movement in Ukraine’s industrial heartland, the Donbass. Since 2014 Ukraine has been both under external attack and simultaneously trying to reform its corrupt and captured political system.

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  • Orysia Lutsevych, 2016. "Civil society versus captured state: a winning strategy for sustainable change," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(5), pages 646-656, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:26:y:2016:i:5:p:646-656
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2016.1188885
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