Analysis of current events: structural impediments to reforms in Ukraine

Abstract

This essay provides an analysis of why reforms are not advancing in Ukraine. It focuses on four explanations: dominance of oligarchs, inefficient economic, in particular, taxation policy, non-competent models of governance, and absence of real political parties. The essay is part of a series of non-peer-reviewed articles designed to explain on-going current events.

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Taras Kuzio

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Taras Kuzio (2017). Analysis of current events: structural impediments to reforms in Ukraine. Соціологія: теорія, методи, маркетинг, 20(1), 57-64. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-333457