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Institutional Isomorphism in Post-Communist Ukraine & Belarus

Institutional Isomorphism in Post-Communist Ukraine & Belarus. institutional change in Ukraine & Belarus (neo-inst perspective) institutional isomorphism  viable theoretical model ?. implosion of Soviet Regime  complex picture

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Institutional Isomorphism in Post-Communist Ukraine & Belarus

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  1. Institutional Isomorphism in Post-Communist Ukraine & Belarus • institutional change in Ukraine & Belarus (neo-inst perspective) • institutional isomorphism  viable theoretical model ? • implosion of Soviet Regime  complex picture • geopolitical pluralism - how reflected in instit change of Ukraine & Belarus? • institutions adapted to institutional structures of EU - CIS? •  identify mechanisms within the political institutions of Ukraine and Belarus that generate ‘isomorphism’ toward EU & CIS, and the rationale behind the divergent foreign policy orientations of these countries.

  2. Theoretical Framework • new institutionalism • sociological institutionalism > organisational analysis >institutional isomorphism • W Powell & P DiMaggio (1983) • Similar processes of isomorphism in CEE • 1st stage: institutional definition • 2nd stage: homogenisation or isomorphism

  3. Stage 1: Institutional Definition • organisational field = recognised area of institutional life • organisational characteristics : (1) increased interaction among organisations in the field (2) emergence of sharply defined interorganisational structures of dominance and coalition (3) increase in information load with which institutions and organisations in the field must contend (4) development of a mutual awareness among participants in a set of organisations that they are involved in a common enterprise

  4. Stage 2: Institutional Isomorphism • evaluation of institutional change • divergence in FP geopolitical pluralism a. Origins of Institutional Change • redesigning institutions  isomorphism > causal mechanisms b. Variation in Instit Change • history-dependent processes •  path dependent patterns of development

  5. UKRAINE • nation building • complicating factors : a. Legacy of Soviet institutions quasi-state instit fragmentation & confusion b. Chaos after independence institutionally unprepared hybrid: instit continuity (soviet) & inst renewal • foreign policy: • EU: 1998 Strategy, cooperation instit & inter-instit level • CIS: limited participation inter-institutional cooperation structures

  6. BELARUS • similar development • nomenklatura: status quo, instit continuity • 1994 ‘reforms’: new parliament • foreign policy • before 1994: rapprochement to West • 1994: pro-CIS, Union with Russia • EU: no specific institutional structures, strategies, documents

  7. Comparison of institutional definition • bothcountries initial focus on nation building • both countriesgradual disintegration  institutional continuity • 1994: - divergence institutional development - divergence instit creation - FP orientation

  8. Stage 2: Isomorphism • Isomorphism: institutional redesigning to resemble institutions in organisational fields • incentives: causal mechanisms • variations: path dependent patterns of development.  brief periods of independence; defining moments?

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