EU induced institutional change in post-Soviet space: promoting reforms in Moldova and Ukraine

Theorising institutional change in the eastern neighbourhood -- Reforming Ukraine : the EU's institutional change in Ukraine's migration sector -- The EU's institutional change in the environmental protection sector -- Reforming Moldova : the EU's institutional change in Moldova's migration sector -- EU-induced institutional change in Moldova's environmental protection sector -- EU-induced change in the neighbourhood : lessons from Ukraine and Mmoldova

Theorising institutional change in the eastern neighbourhood -- Reforming Ukraine : the EU's institutional change in Ukraine's migration sector -- The EU's institutional change in the environmental protection sector -- Reforming Moldova : the EU's institutional change in Moldova's migration sector -- EU-induced institutional change in Moldova's environmental protection sector -- EU-induced change in the neighbourhood : lessons from Ukraine and Mmoldova.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- Towards a new approach: explaining the variation through empowerment and rulemaking -- Methodology -- Structure of the book -- Bibliography -- 2. Theorising institutional change in the Eastern neighbourhood -- Top-down change in the EU neighbourhood: critique of the literature -- Theoretical framework -- Accounting for the variation -- Summary -- Bibliography -- 3. Reforming Ukraine: the EU's institutional change in Ukraine's migration sector -- Domestic context: predatory elites, bad institutions -- EU-Ukraine relations framework -- Institutional change in migration sector in 2009-2017 -- Analysing change: quick adoption, obscure implementation -- The anti-corruption reforms under VLAP -- Summary -- Bibliography -- 4. The EU's institutional change in the environmental protection sector -- Soviet standards and post-Soviet struggles -- The new reform offer: the Association Agreement -- Analysing change -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 5. Reforming Moldova: the EU's institutional change in Moldova's migration sector -- The domestic context -- The EU-Moldova relation framework -- Institutional change in the migration sector -- Empowerment of stakeholders: assistance and monitoring -- Analysing change -- Summary -- Bibliography -- 6. EU-induced institutional change in Moldova's environmental protection sector -- The EU and environment reforms before 2009 -- Towards the Association Agreement -- Analysing reforms -- Summary -- Bibliography -- 7. EU-induced change in the neighbourhood: lessons from Ukraine and Moldova -- Variation in cases -- The EU strategies of institutional change -- Summary -- Bibliography -- 8. Conclusion -- Finding good institutions -- Towards EU's path dependency? -- Bibliography -- Index

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Towards a new approach: explaining the variation through empowerment and rulemaking; Methodology; Structure of the book; Bibliography; 2. Theorising institutional change in the Eastern neighbourhood; Top-down change in the EU neighbourhood: critique of the literature; Theoretical framework; Accounting for the variation; Summary; Bibliography; 3. Reforming Ukraine: the EU's institutional change in Ukraine's migration sector; Domestic context: predatory elites, bad institutions

This book analyses the role of the European Union in the process of institutional change in its Eastern neighbourhood and explains why EU policies arrive at contradictory outcomes at the sectoral level. Combining EU studies approaches with insights from the fields of new institutionalism, international development studies and transnationalisation, it explains how the EU policies contribute to rule persistence or lead to institutional change. Highlighting the importance of investigating how the policies of external intervention interact with domestic institutions, the book also provides a coherent presentation of the political and economic problems of Ukraine and Moldova and a comparative analysis in key areas at critical junctures of their development. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of European Union politics and more broadly to International Relations, post-Soviet and Russian studies.