CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Gillis, Thomas Alexander |
|---|---|
| Title | Foreign Aid and Democratization: The Impact of Western Assistance on the Orange Revolution |
| Summary | This research aims to contribute to the discussion on foreign aid's effect on democratization processes. By examining major Western contributors to Ukraine, the impact of different objectives and practices have on the domestic situation come to light. Here, the EU and the US, two large-volume donors with dynamic strategic interests in Ukraine, are examined. Applying a realist-normative theoretical approach, both the liberal agenda of democratization and the realist self-serving objectives are analyzed. Comparing this wide-scope view of donor interests, the reasoning behind aid decisions can be better understood. The timeframe for the analysis is divided into the pre-revolutionary period, the Orange Revolution, and the post-revolutionary years, during which donors pursued different aid strategies. This research finds that democracy aid is generally split between non-governmental civil society recipients and government, with results that find the former to be effective but lacking and the latter to be abundant though ineffective. |
| Supervisor | Kurowska, Xymena |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/gillis_thomas.pdf |
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